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SMALLPOX VIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smallpox virus mean?
• SMALLPOX VIRUS (noun)
The noun SMALLPOX VIRUS has 1 sense:
1. the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
Familiarity information: SMALLPOX VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
smallpox virus; variola virus
Hypernyms ("smallpox virus" is a kind of...):
poxvirus (any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smallpox virus"):
variola major; variola major virus (a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent)
variola minor; variola minor virus (a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent)
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