From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsmallpoxsmall‧pox /ˈsmɔːlpɒks $ ˈsmɒːlpɑːks/ noun [uncountable] MIa serious disease that causes spots which leave marks on your skin
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smallpox• Sadly the Archduchess died during a smallpox epidemic before the wedding took place.• Edward Jenner developed a vaccine against smallpox.• They died in epidemics of yellow fever, cholera, and smallpox.• He had very fine, fair hair and pale skin, faintly pitted by smallpox.• Some progress was made upon a few, particularly the reduction of major epidemics of malaria, cholera, smallpox and yellow-fever.• A lover dying of smallpox - Miss Phoebe was scarred from it.• He was also blind in one eye, the result of a youthful bout with smallpox.• On the way, the crew came down with smallpox. 