See Also: pseudosmallpox(medicine)

quintet (iou) and pseudosmallpox (medicine)


quintet (iou)



quintet noun. Also quintette, (earlier) quintetto. L18.
[Italian quintetto or French quintette, from Italian quinto fifth: see -ET1.]
Music. A composition for five voices or instruments. L18.
A group of five persons or things; esp. (Music) a group of five singers or instrumentalists. L19.

pseudosmallpox (medicine)


pseudosmallpox -->
alastrim


A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent strain of the virus.

Synonym: Cuban itch, Kaffir pox, milkpox, pseudosmallpox, pseudovariola, variola minor, West Indian smallpox, whitepox.

Origin: Pg. Alastrar, to scatter over