variola virus

  • 1variola virus — Virus responsible for smallpox. Said to have been completely eradicated. Large DNA virus (‘brick like’, 250 390nm x 20 260nm) with complex outer and inner membranes (not derived from plasma membrane of host cell) …

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  • 2Variola Virus — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 B03 Pocken[1] …

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  • 3variola virus — noun the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑smallpox virus • Hypernyms: ↑poxvirus • Hyponyms: ↑variola major, ↑variola major virus, ↑variola minor, ↑ …

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  • 4variola virus — the virtually extinct virus, belonging to the genus Orthopoxvirus, that causes smallpox. No natural infection has occurred since 1977, and no reservoir of the virus now exists …

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  • 5variola minor — noun 1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus • Syn: ↑alastrim, ↑pseudosmallpox, ↑pseudovariola, ↑milk pox, ↑white pox, ↑West Indian smallpox, ↑Cuban itch, ↑Kaffir pox …

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  • 6variola major — noun 1. a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars • Syn: ↑smallpox, ↑variola • Hypernyms: ↑pox • Hyponyms: ↑alastrim, ↑ …

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  • 7variola major virus — noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent • Syn: ↑variola major • Hypernyms: ↑variola virus, ↑smallpox virus …

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  • 8variola minor virus — noun a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent • Syn: ↑variola minor • Hypernyms: ↑variola virus, ↑smallpox virus …

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  • 9variola — SYN: smallpox. [Med. L. dim of L. varius, spotted] v. benigna SYN: varioloid (2). v. hemorrhagica SYN: hemorrhagic smallpox. v. major SYN: smallpox. v. maligna malignant smallpox, usually of the hemorrhagic form. SYN …

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  • 10variolă — VARIÓLĂ, variole, s.f. Boală infecţioasă şi contagioasă, de natură virotică, care se caracterizează prin apariţia pe suprafaţa pielii a numeroase pustule care, după vindecare, lasă cicatrice definitive; vărsat1. [pr.: ri o ] – Din fr. variole.… …

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