how to pronounce smallpox

/ˈsmɔːl.pɒks/

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smallpox is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of smallpox in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… however available and while smallpox was …”

meanings of smallpox

noun:

An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.

smallpox frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word smallpox occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.