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Meanings of variola major in English

Portuguese
varíola
Catalan
verola
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A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.

        varíola
        Portuguese
        varíola

        A type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent.

              varíola
              Usage of variola major in English
              1
              Smallpox was the common name for the viruses variola major and minor, genus orthopoxvirus, in the poxvirus family.
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              2
              The most dangerous bioweapon on the planet is Variola major, a form of the smallpox virus.
              The new yorker
              3
              Variola major had a fatality rate of thirty to fifty percent, while variola minor's was under five percent.
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              Translations for variola major
              Portuguese
              varíola
              Catalan
              verola