smallpox
/ˈsmɔːlˌpɒks/
noun
- A serious infectious disease that causes fever and a rash of raised bumps that leave scars. It has been eradicated worldwide through vaccination.
- Doctors no longer need to treat smallpox because it no longer exists in nature.
- Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history.
- The smallpox vaccine helped wipe out the disease completely.