Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun variola_major

2 senses of variola major

Sense 1
smallpox, variola, variola major -- (a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars)
       => pox -- (a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks)

Sense 2
variola major, variola major virus -- (a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent)
       => variola virus, smallpox virus -- (the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)