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天然痘 — meaning in English

tennentō

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English meaning

  • smallpox noun A severe, often fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus, eradicated worldwide in the 1970s.

Senses

天然痘 is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.

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