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smallpox

/ˈsmɔːlpɒks/noun

उच्चारण स्मॉल्पॉक्स

चेचक

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [U]

    a serious infectious disease that causes fever and spots that leave marks on the skin

    चेचक

    • smallpox vaccine
    • Smallpox was wiped out across the world through a long vaccination campaign.

    Synonyms variola

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

variola

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General knowledge

Smallpox was declared eradicated by the WHO in 1980; Edward Jenner made the first vaccine (1796).

WHO ने 1980 में चेचक को समाप्त घोषित किया; Edward Jenner ने पहला टीका बनाया (1796)।