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smallpox

noun
🔊/ˈsmɔːlpɒks/
🔊/ˈsmɔːlpɑːks/
 [uncountable]
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  1. (in the past旧时) a serious disease that caused a high temperature, left permanent marks on the skin and often caused death天花
    • In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.1742 年，他染上了致命的天花。
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of smallpox
    • attack
    • case
    • outbreak
    • …
    verb + smallpox
    • have
    • be infected with
    • catch
    • …
    smallpox + noun
    • virus
    • epidemic
    • outbreak
    • …
    preposition
    • against smallpox
    • for smallpox
    • from smallpox
    • …
    phrases
    • the eradication of smallpox
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