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alastrim|əˈlæstrɪm|
[Pg., f. alastrar to spread.]
A contagious eruptive disease resembling smallpox.
1913Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 7), Alastrim, same as amaas. 1922Times 19 May 10/4 Last week no fewer than 38 cases of smallpox were notified in England and Wales... One of these cases was notified as ‘alastrim’. [1926Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 559/2 An outbreak [of mild smallpox] in South Africa was described by de Korté in 1904, under the name of Amaas or Kaffir-pox, another by Ribas in Brazil in 1910, under the name of Alastrim. ] |