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MILK POX

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• MILK POX (noun)
The noun MILK POX has 1 sense:

1. a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus

Familiarity information: MILK POX used as a noun is very rare.

• MILK POX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

alastrim; Cuban itch; Kaffir pox; milk pox; pseudosmallpox; pseudovariola; variola minor; West Indian smallpox; white pox

Hypernyms ("milk pox" is a kind of...):

smallpox; variola; variola major (a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars)

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(Corsican proverb)

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