疱瘡

ほうそう
smallpox

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ほうそう【疱瘡】

1 〔天然痘〕 smallpox.

●疱瘡にかかる catch [get] smallpox.

2 〔種痘〕 vaccination against smallpox.

疱瘡神 the deity to whom one prays for immunity to smallpox.