smallpox

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsmɔːlpɒks/

Noun

uncountable usually

(medicine) 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.

Japanese Meaning

天然痘：Poxviridae科のVariolaウイルスによって引き起こされる、急性で極めて感染力が強く、しばしば致命的となる病気。1970年代に完全根絶されたが、実験室内には依然として存在する可能性がある。感染した者は瘢痕となる痘瘡痕を残す。

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The museum displayed a preserved skin specimen from a smallpox patient to illustrate the disease's historical impact.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

博物館は歴史的な影響を示すため、天然痘の患者の保存された皮膚標本を展示した。

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The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.

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smallpoxes

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