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]