kaffir pox

Questions about kaffir pox

What does kaffir pox mean?

kaffir pox means "a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus".

What is another word for kaffir pox?

Close synonyms include alastrim, variola minor, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, milk pox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kaffir pox a common word?

kaffir pox is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.