1. A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
   - smallpox, variola 
2. A type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
   - variola major virus

Derived forms: variola majors

Type of: pox, smallpox virus, variola virus

Encyclopedia: Variola major

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