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Smallpox
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Smallpox'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/smallpox.html. 1828.