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

1 sense of variola major virus

Sense 1
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)