smallpoxKK [ˈsmɔˌlpɑks] ｜ /ˈsmɔˌlpɑks/
GEPT 中高級
C2noun
a contagious disease caused by the variola virus with symptoms including fever, weakness, and skin eruptions that become pustules, and eventually scab over, leaving scars
Widespread smallpox epidemics were responsible for killing millions of indigenous people in the Americas during the 15th and 16th centuries.
天花（傳染病）