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VARIOLA MAJOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does variola major mean?
• VARIOLA MAJOR (noun)
The noun VARIOLA MAJOR has 2 senses:
1. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
2. a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
Familiarity information: VARIOLA MAJOR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
smallpox; variola; variola major
Hypernyms ("variola major" is a kind of...):
pox (a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks)
Meronyms (parts of "variola major"):
pock (a pustule in an eruptive disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variola major"):
alastrim; Cuban itch; Kaffir pox; milk pox; pseudosmallpox; pseudovariola; variola minor; West Indian smallpox; white pox (a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
variola major; variola major virus
Hypernyms ("variola major" is a kind of...):
smallpox virus; variola virus (the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)
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