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    CUBAN ITCH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virusplay

    Synonyms:

    alastrim; Cuban itch; Kaffir pox; milk pox; pseudosmallpox; pseudovariola; variola minor; West Indian smallpox; white pox

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("Cuban itch" is a kind of...):

    smallpox; variola; variola major (a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars)

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