variola minor

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variola minor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  variola minor
      n 1: a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of
           the virus [syn: alastrim, variola minor,
           pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox, white pox,
           West Indian smallpox, Cuban itch, Kaffir pox]
      2: a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1
         percent [syn: variola minor, variola minor virus]