smallpox

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Royaume-Uni//ˈsmɔːlpɒks//
États-Unis//ˈsmɔlpɑks//

An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

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An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
We know that the most deadly of the early epidemics in America were those of the eruptive fevers—smallpox, measles, typhus, and so on. The first to arrive and the deadliest, said contemporaries, was smallpox.
Can't make it in today, Mr. Smithers; I have smallpox. Well it wasn't wiped out in my house!

Étymologie

From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).

Formes

pluriel: smallpoxes

small · Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.Small · A surname.small-time · On a small scale.

smallpox · An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but…

Smallville · A fictional small town, frequently representing a backwater…smart · To hurt or sting.Smart · A surname.

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