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Smallpox vs Poxvirus - What's the difference?

smallpox | poxvirus |

As nouns the difference between smallpox and poxvirus

is that smallpox is (pathology) an acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by of the family poxviridae it was completely eradicated in the 1970s those who survived were left with pockmarks while poxvirus is any of a group of dna viruses, of the family poxviridae , that cause pox diseases in vertebrates.

smallpox

English

(wikipedia smallpox)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (pathology) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by of the family Poxviridae . It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
  • * The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox , measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.

    • Synonyms

    * variola

    Derived terms

    * smallpox blanket

    poxvirus

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family Poxviridae , that cause pox diseases in vertebrates