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variola minor

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variola minor

noun
1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus [syn: alastrim
2. a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent 
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Main Entry: variola minor
Function: noun
: a mild form of smallpox of low mortality called also alastrim, amaas
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