English-Portuguese translations for smallpox

• varíola
  Possui o Iraque o vírus da varíola? Does Iraq possess the smallpox virus?
  É verdade que, na semana passada, realizámos um exercício de simulação de varíola. It is true that we had a simulation exercise last week for smallpox.
  Muitos países fazem preparativos no sentido de melhor se defenderem do anthrax ou da varíola. Many countries take measures in order to protect themselves against anthrax or smallpox better.

Definition of smallpox

• 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

Examples

• The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy

Related words

• small
• smallcaps
• smaller
• smallest
• small-minded
• dismally
• smallholding
• small-reed
• smallness