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Smallpox
| Medical Definition: | An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed) |
| Guide Notes: | caused by a poxvirus |
| Also Called: | Variola Minor |
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