| 释义 |
smallpox
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: small (I) + pox
1. : an acute contagious febrile virus disease characterized by constitutional symptoms and successive stages of skin eruptions of which the last is marked by pustules, sloughing, and scar formation
2. : bitter pit
II. transitive verb
: to infect or scar with smallpox |