noun🔗ShareVarioleAn acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks."The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy."Les Européens ont apporté de nouvelles maladies telles que la variole, la rougeole, la dysenterie, la grippe, la syphilis et la lèpre.diseasevirusmedicinehistorybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading