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variola major

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variola major

noun
1. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: smallpox] 
2. a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent 
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Main Entry: variola major
Function: noun
: a severe form of smallpox characterized historically by a death rate up to 40 percent or more
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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