Monkeypox
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A disease of the skin of rodents and primates, including humans, caused by virus of species Orthopoxvirus monkeypox. uncountable
"In a remote southwestern pocket of the Central African Republic, doctor Patrick Karume and his small team are on the jungle frontline to quarantine a rare outbreak of monkeypox."
Example
More examples"I wonder what the next pandemic will be after monkeypox. We'll surely get something."
Etymology
From monkey + pox; originally so named based on cases in monkeys, although the name was a misnomer because monkeys are less of a reservoir for the disease than other animals are. More at Wikipedia (mpox ยง Nomenclature).