Definition of Smalpox
Small"pox` (?), n. [Small +
pox, pocks.] (Med.) A contagious,
constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption;
variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules
which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then
pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time,
often leaving a pit, or scar.
Small"pox` (?), n. [Small +
pox, pocks.] (Med.) A contagious,
constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption;
variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules
which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then
pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time,
often leaving a pit, or scar.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (pathology) An acute, highly infectious viral disease, usually fatal. It was completly eradicated a few decades ago. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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