Variola

Introduction: Variola

Description of Variola

Variola: Avoid the mispronunciation vario'la. SYN: smallpox. [Med. L. dim of L. varius, spotted]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Variola: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Variola: An acute, highly contagious, often fatal infectious disease caused by an orthopoxvirus characterized by a biphasic febrile course and distinctive progressive skin eruptions. Vaccination has succeeded in eradicating smallpox worldwide. (Dorland, 28th ed)
Source: Diseases Database

Terms associated with Variola:

Terms Similar to Variola:

• Smallpox

Source: Diseases Database

• smallpox
• variola major

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Variola:

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

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Variola

• pox

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Variola

• Poxviridae disease

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Variola

The following list attempts to classify Variola into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• pox
• contagion,contagious disease
• communicable disease
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

External links related to: Variola

• Smallpox (variola). DermNet NZ
• eMedicine - Smallpox : Article by Julie R Kenner, MD, PhD
• eMedicine - Poxviruses : Article by John D Shanley, MD
• eMedicine - CBRNE - Smallpox : Article by Christopher J Hogan, MD
• SmallPox - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files

Source: Diseases Database

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