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A severe and frequently fatal form of smallpox accompanied by extravasation of blood into the skin in the early stage, or into the pustules at a later stage, accompanied often by nosebleed and haemorrhage from other orifices of the body.
Synonyms: fulminating smallpox, variola haemorrhagica.
American spelling: hemorrhagic smallpox
(05 Mar 2000)
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