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BNC: 16583 COCA: 11581

smallpox

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smallpox /ˈsmɑːlˌpɑːks/ noun
smallpox
/ˈsmɑːlˌpɑːks/
noun
Learner's definition of SMALLPOX
[noncount]
: a serious disease that causes fever and a rash and often death天花
Smallpox is now very rare.天花现在很罕见。
BNC: 16583 COCA: 11581

smallpox

noun

small·​pox ˈsmȯl-ˌpäks How to pronounce smallpox (audio)
: an acute contagious febrile disease of humans that is caused by a poxvirus (species Variola virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus), is characterized by a skin eruption with pustules, sloughing, and scar formation, and is believed to have been eradicated globally by widespread vaccination

called also variola

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The antiviral, prescribed to tens of thousands of monkeypox patients, is approved for the related smallpox virus. Lena H. Sun And Dan Diamond, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022 The virus originated in Africa and is the cousin of the smallpox virus. Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 Initial cases of monkeypox — related to the smallpox virus — were linked to international travel. Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022 Monkeypox, a cousin of the smallpox virus, is generally a mild illness with the most common symptoms being rash, swollen lymph nodes, fever, headache, fatigue and muscle aches. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 28 July 2022 After the anthrax bioterrorism attacks in 2001, federal officials became increasingly concerned about the risk of someone attacking the U.S. military or general population with smallpox virus. Joseph Osmundson, STAT, 15 July 2022 Closely related to the smallpox virus, monkeypox has spread predominantly among gay and bisexual men. Hartford Courant, 13 July 2022 The monkeypox virus, closely related to the smallpox virus, is easy to avoid because of its visibility, said Dr. Sharon Welbel, Cook County Health’s director of hospital epidemiology and infection control and prevention. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2022 Public-health officials have more tools available to fight monkeypox because vaccines and drugs that work against the closely related smallpox virus are thought to be effective against its milder cousin. Denise Roland And Jon Kamp, WSJ, 26 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1562, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of smallpox was circa 1562
BNC: 16583 COCA: 11581
smallpox

noun

... OF SMALLPOX | VERB + SMALLPOX | SMALLPOX + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ... OF SMALLPOXattack天花發作In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.1742 年,他染上了致命的天花。case天花病例15 million cases of smallpox were reported worldwide.全世界共獲報 1,500 萬個天花病例。outbreak天花爆發VERB + SMALLPOXhave出天花be infected with, catch, contract, get感染天花die from, die of死於天花eradicate根除天花a worldwide campaign to eradicate smallpox by the use of mass vaccinations通過大面積接種天花疫苗以根除天花的世界性運動be inoculated against, be vaccinated against接種天花疫苗Everyone has been vaccinated against smallpox.所有人都接種了天花疫苗。SMALLPOX + NOUNvirus天花病毒epidemic, outbreak天花流行/爆發vaccine天花疫苗inoculation, vaccination天花疫苗接種PREPOSITIONagainst smallpox, for smallpox為預防天花mass vaccinations for smallpox大面積天花疫苗接種from smallpox天花的⋯the death rate from smallpox天花的死亡率PHRASESthe eradication of smallpox天花的根除The eradication of smallpox ranks as one of the great triumphs of public health.天花的根除是公共衞生事業的一次重大勝利。 topic at illness

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