1. (noun) 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 major

1. (noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

• alastrim
• cuban itch
• kaffir pox
• milk pox
• pseudosmallpox
• pseudovariola
• variola minor
• west indian smallpox
• white pox

1. (noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

• pox