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

2 senses of variola minor

Sense 1
alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox -- (a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus)
       => 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)

Sense 2
variola minor, variola minor virus -- (a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent)
       => variola virus, smallpox virus -- (the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)