Orthopox

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Infection with an orthopoxvirus. uncountable

    "In 21st-century practice, orthopox cases are usually treated as mpox cases until proven otherwise (via nucleic acid tests)."

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"In 21st-century practice, orthopox cases are usually treated as mpox cases until proven otherwise (via nucleic acid tests)."

Etymology

Back-formation from orthopoxvirus; by surface analysis, ortho- + pox.

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