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

1 sense of variola virus

Sense 1
variola virus, smallpox virus -- (the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon)
       => poxvirus -- (any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates)

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