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orthopox

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Infection with an orthopoxvirus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Examples

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

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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