WordNet
variola major
n. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: smallpox, variola]
a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent [syn: variola major virus]
Usage examples of "variola major".
All indicators pointed to the devastating, disfiguring disease variola major, more commonly known as smallpox.