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orthopox en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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