Category:Smallpox

Small"pox`, n. Etym: [small + pox, pocks.] (med.)

Defn: a contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by A peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a Collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently Umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough After a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.