Variola

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(Med.) The smallpox.

Noun

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variola - a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars Synonyms: smallpox, variola major

alastrim, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milk pox, pock, pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, smallpox, variola major, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, white pox