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Noun variola major has 2 senses
- smallpox, variola, variola major - a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
--1 is a kind of pox
--1 has parts: pock
--1 has particulars:
- variola major, variola major virus - a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
--2 is a kind of variola virus, smallpox virus
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