疱ほう瘡そう

noun

smallpox; variola

Dated medical term for the disease smallpox. In modern contexts, 天然痘 (てんねんとう) is more common.

See also: 天然痘

• 疱ほう瘡そうはかつて世せ界かい中じゅうで恐おそれられた病びょう気きだった。

  Smallpox was once a feared disease around the world.

noun

smallpox vaccination

Historical term for inoculation against smallpox, now replaced by 種痘 (しゅとう) or ワクチン接種.

See also: 種痘

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいに疱ほう瘡そうの予よ防ぼう接せっ種しゅが始はじまった。

  Smallpox vaccination began in the Edo period.

noun

smallpox scars; pockmarks

Refers to the scars left on the skin after recovering from smallpox. Dated usage; modern descriptions might use あばた.

• 彼かれの顔かおには疱ほう瘡そうの跡あとが残のこっていた。

  His face bore the scars of smallpox.