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smallpoxes

smallpoxes is the plural of smallpox.

Meaning of smallpox

Noun

smallpox (usually uncountable, plural smallpoxes)

  1. (usually) 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.
    • The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
    Synonyms:
    variola

Questions about smallpoxes

What is smallpoxes the plural of?
Smallpoxes is the plural of smallpox.

Words near smallpoxes in the dictionary

  1. smallmouth basses
  2. smallmouths
  3. smallness
  4. smallnesses
  5. smallpox
  6. smallpoxes
  7. smalls
  8. smallsat
  9. smallsats
  10. smallscale
  11. smallsome

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