variola

(və-rī'ə-lə, vâr'ē-ō'lə, văr'-)
n.
See smallpox.

[New Latin, from Medieval Latin, pustule, from Latin varius, speckled.]

(ver′ē ō′lə)
n

(smallpox), an acute, viral, contagious disease transmitted by the respiratory route and direct contact. The incubation period is 1 to 2 weeks. Manifestations include headache, chills, and temperature up to 106° F. On the third and fourth day, macules appear, which then become papules; then constitutional symptoms abate. On the sixth day the papules become vesicles. The vesicles then become pustules, with desquamation occurring in about 2 weeks.

A viral disease of humans and primates characterized by fever, rash and scab formation. Called also smallpox.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kopper, børnekopper

Nederlands (Dutch)
pokken

Français (French)
n. - variole

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pocken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (παθολ.) ευλογιά

Italiano (Italian)
vaiolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - varíola (f) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
оспа

Español (Spanish)
n. - viruela

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smittkoppor

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
天花

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 天花

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 천연두

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 痘瘡, 天然痘

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جدري, حماق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אבעבועות שחורות‬

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