"Alaskapox" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Discovered in July 2015, by a woman visited a clinic in Fairbanks, Alaska, with lesions. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Alaskapox (uncountable)
  1. (virology, neologism) A disease caused by virus Borealpox virus, of the genus Orthopoxvirus, first documented in 2015 in Alaska, United States. Tags: neologism, uncountable
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