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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus;
[syn: alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox]

2. a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent;
[syn: variola minor, variola minor virus]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

variola minor n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox, West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox] 2: a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent [syn: variola minor, variola minor virus]