a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
Examples of 'alastrim' in a sentence
alastrim
Alastrim bodies stain a deep blue to grayish-blue.
C. Magarinos Torres, J. de Castro Teixeira 1934, 'Estudo comparativo das inclusões do alastrim e da vacina no macaco (Macacus rhesus)A comparison of the inclusion bodies of alastrim and vaccinia in the monkey (Macacusrhesus)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761934000100006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)