variole — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pockmarked adj Having pockmarks.
- pox noun A disease that causes spots or pockmarks on the skin, such as chickenpox or smallpox.
- smallpox noun A severe, often fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus, eradicated worldwide in the 1970s.
- variola noun Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
Senses
variole is used for these senses in English:
- pockmarked having pockmarks
- pox A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
- smallpox (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.
- variola (pathology) Smallpox.
pockmarked — full definition
- adj Having pockmarks.
- adj Pitted, or scarred with holes.
- adj Incomplete, lacking, having holes.
pox — full definition
- noun A disease that causes spots or pockmarks on the skin, such as chickenpox or smallpox.
- noun A curse, especially as expressed in the phrase "a pox on".
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