Smallpox
/smˈɔˌlpɑks/
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Definition
(noun) An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
Sentence Examples
Everybody is immune to smallpox nowadays.
I am immune to smallpox.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Thanks to a global vaccination campaign, ____ was officially declared eradicated in 1980.