| 单词 | smallpox |
| 释义 | smallpox(ˈsmɔːlˌpɒks) noun an acute highly contagious viral disease characterized by high fever, severe prostration, and a pinkish rash changing in form from papules to pustules, which dry up and form scabs that are cast off, leaving pitted depressions Technical name: variola ▶ Related adjective: variolousWord origin C16: from small + pox. So called to distinguish it from the Great Pox, an archaic name for syphilis |
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