'variola major' definitions:
Definition of 'variola major'
(from WordNet)
noun
A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: smallpox, variola, variola major]
noun
A type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent [syn: variola major, variola major virus]