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

Derived forms: variolas

See also: variolous

Type of: pox

Encyclopedia: Variola

• aft
• after
• after a fashion
• after all
• after part
• after-hours
• after-school
• afterbirth
• afterburner
• aftercare
• afterdamp
• afterdeck
• aftereffect
• afterglow
• afterimage
• afterlife
• aftermarket
• aftermath
• aftermost
• afternoon
• afternoon tea
• afterpains
• afterpiece
• afters
• aftersensation