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VARIOLA VIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon

Synonyms:

smallpox virus; variola virus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("variola virus" is a kind of...):

poxvirus (any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variola virus"):

variola major; variola major virus (a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent)

variola minor; variola minor virus (a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent)

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