天然痘
Meanings
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Medical/historical term for the disease caused by the variola virus; now eradicated worldwide.
Smallpox was eradicated through vaccination.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が天然痘にかかるfor someone to catch smallpox
Many people in that village caught smallpox.
- 天然痘の予防接種を受けるto get vaccinated against smallpox
I got vaccinated against smallpox as a child.
- 天然痘が流行するfor smallpox to spread as an epidemic
In the 18th century, smallpox spread as an epidemic around the world.
- 天然痘を撲滅するto eradicate smallpox
The World Health Organization eradicated smallpox.