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smallpox in Chinese

smallpox in Chinese is 天花 — smallpox means a severe, often fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus, eradicated worldwide in the 1970s.

smallpox in Chinese

天花
noun
Pronounced: tiān huā
(disease) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

What does "smallpox" mean?

  1. noun A severe, often fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus, eradicated worldwide in the 1970s.
    "Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history before vaccination wiped it out."
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smallpox in a sentence

  • Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history before vaccination wiped it out.

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What is "smallpox" in Chinese?

"smallpox" in Chinese is 天花. smallpox means: A severe, often fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus, eradicated worldwide in the 1970s.

How do you pronounce 天花?

"smallpox" in Chinese is 天花, pronounced "tiān huā".

How do you use "smallpox" in a sentence?

Example: "Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history before vaccination wiped it out." In Chinese, "smallpox" is 天花.

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