Definition of "monkeypox" [monkeypox]

• A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox. (noun)

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• "Third, a related virus called monkeypox, which causes sporadic outbreaks of human disease in jungle regions of central and western Africa, might mutate to become more virulent and contagious in humans."
• "Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine."
• "Just this year, exotic animals smuggled from Africa infected American prairie dogs, which then affected humans with so-called monkeypox; 37 cases were confirmed."