smallpox
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- noun
- /ˈsmɔːlˌpɑːks/
- Specialized
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- The outbreak of smallpox in the 18th century caused widespread fear and devastation across Europe.
- smallpox vaccination
- smallpox inoculation
- smallpox and measles
We have wiped smallpox off the map of this planet.
- We have wiped smallpox off the map of this planet.
- And that that was specific to smallpox inoculation.
- But smallpox now reappears as a bio weapon.
- And of course, Cortez and his men eventually would bring smallpox, so it was an uneven match.
- We've had accidental infections of smallpox.
- The story of Boston smallpox outbreak reveals much more than the spread of a pathogen.
- Alright, there was smallpox, there was, what's the other one?
- It's not as infectious as it's deadly cousin smallpox or even COVID.
- Well, why isn't why hasn't there been a smallpox epidemic that killed everyone?
- I mean, realistically speaking, the name smallpox you don't even take seriously.
Examples
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The first was that smallpox was clearly contagious.
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The last naturally occurring case of smallpox was recorded by the World Health Organization in 1977.
Academic text (1999) -
Died of smallpox when he was two.
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And the smallpox was vicious, very vicious.
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You yourself survived a bout with smallpox; its marks still cover your face.
Academic text (1990) -
The threat of the disease led to a steady flow of people wanting smallpox inoculations.
Academic text (1996) -
Jenner infected himself with smallpox to test his vaccine.
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When she returned, Montagu introduced the inoculation of smallpox into England after observing it in Turkey.
Academic text (2008) -
Health officials implemented strict measures to prevent the spread of smallpox after identifying several cases in the city.
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Vaccination against smallpox has significantly reduced the incidence of this once-common disease worldwide.
Synonyms
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A serious illness that spreads between people and causes skin sores, often meaning smallpox in old texts
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A serious contagious viral disease that causes fever, a rash with pus-filled bumps, and can be fatal
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A severe, common form of smallpox that often caused fever, many skin sores, and many deaths
Compounds
- Archaic
A mild form of a serious disease that causes fever and skin blisters, seen historically in the West Indies
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
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- Archaic
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Smallpox comes from the two parts small and pox, where pox was an old word for a 'sore' or 'blister', as in the word pockmark for a scar. It was called 'small' to show the spots were smaller than those of the 'great pox', an old name for syphilis, so smallpox means the disease with small, scarring spots.