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A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus..
Thence I went to Mrs. Jem, and found her up and merry, and that it did not prove the small-pox, but only the swine-pox; so I played a game or two at cards with her.
Use swine pox when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Swine pox means A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus..
Common synonyms include hog pox.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thence I went to Mrs. Jem, and found her up and merry, and that it did not prove the small-pox, but only the swine-pox; so I played a game or two at cards with her.
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