See Also: smallpox(medicine)
Smallpox(health)
smallpox(encyclopedia)
smallpox(dictionary)
smallpox(dictionary)
fulminating smallpox(medicine)
Malignant smallpox(medicine)
confluent smallpox(medicine)
smallpox virus(medicine)
discrete smallpox(medicine)

MTN (finance) and smallpox (iou)


MTN (finance)


Medium term notes issued by corporations, much like shorter-term commercial paper.





smallpox (iou)



smallpox noun & verb. Also (earlier) smallpocks. E16.
[Alt. of pl. of SMALL-POCK: cf. POX noun.]
A. noun. An acute and sometimes fatal contagious viral disease (now eradicated by vaccination) characterized by fever and a scarring rash of spots which develop into vesicles and then pustules; also called variola. Formerly also pl., the pustules characteristic of this disease. E16.
b. verb trans. Affect or infect with smallpox; fig. cover with little spots or pock-marks. Freq. as smallpoxed ppl adjective. L18.