smallpox meaning in Sinhala
මසූරි masūri
/ˈsmɔːlpɒks//ˈsmɔlpɑks/
smallpox in Sinhala: මසූරි (masūri), මසූරිකා (masūrikā), මහලෙඩ (mahaleḍa), වසූරිය (wasūriya). In English, smallpox means an acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
Sinhala words for smallpox
- disease
- මසූරි masūri, මසූරිකා masūrikā, මහලෙඩ mahaleḍa, වසූරිය wasūriya
English meaning of smallpox
- noun An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
smallpox in a sentence
- The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
Synonyms of smallpox
smallpox in other languages
- smallpox in Hindi
- smallpox in Tamil
- smallpox in Marathi
- smallpox in Urdu
- smallpox in Bengali
- smallpox in Telugu
- smallpox in Malayalam
- smallpox in Kannada
- smallpox in Punjabi
- smallpox in Gujarati
- smallpox in Odia
- smallpox in Assamese
- smallpox in Nepali
- smallpox in Tagalog
- smallpox in Arabic
- smallpox in Malay
- smallpox in Persian
- smallpox in Thai
- smallpox in Vietnamese
- smallpox in Myanmar
Questions about smallpox in Sinhala
- What is the meaning of smallpox in Sinhala?
- Smallpox in Sinhala is මසූරි (masūri), මසූරිකා (masūrikā), මහලෙඩ (mahaleḍa), වසූරිය (wasūriya).
- smallpox යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
- Smallpox: මසූරි (masūri), මසූරිකා (masūrikā), මහලෙඩ (mahaleḍa), වසූරිය (wasūriya).
- What does smallpox mean in English?
- Smallpox means an acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: smallpox (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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