variola minor

Noun variola minor has 2 senses

• variola minor(n = noun.state) alastrim, cuban itch, kaffir pox, milk pox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, west indian smallpox, white pox - a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus;
is a kind of smallpox, variola, variola major

• variola minor(n = noun.animal) variola minor virus - a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent;
is a kind of smallpox virus, variola virus