Definitions
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- noun Any of the
genus Orthopoxvirus ofpoxviruses , includingsmallpox and manyspecies isolated frommammals .
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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Examples
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Nevertheless, as is intimated by the timeline in Table 1, which summarizes the history of smallpox and the orthopoxvirus that caused the disease
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Nevertheless, as is intimated by the timeline in Table 1, which summarizes the history of smallpox and the orthopoxvirus that caused the disease
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Commenting on the contract, SIGA's Chief Executive Officer Eric Rose stated, "This new contract will broaden the use and utility of ST-246 as an orthopoxvirus (e.g., smallpox) countermeasure.
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