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单词 smallpox
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
small•pox /ˈsmɔlˌpɑks/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable* used with a singular verb]
  1. Pathologya serious disease easily spread to others, caused by a virus, with fever and red spots that often leave permanent pits or scars.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
small•pox  (smôlpoks′),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologyan acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
  • small + pox 1510–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
smallpox /ˈsmɔːlˌpɒks/ n
  1. 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
Etymology: 16th Century: from small + pox. So called to distinguish it from the Great Pox, an archaic name for syphilis
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