monkeypox

noun

1. (uncountable)A disease of the skin of rodents and primates, including humans, caused by virus of species Orthopoxvirus monkeypox.

   “In a remote southwestern pocket of the Central African Republic, doctor Patrick Karume and his small team are on the jungle frontline to quarantine a rare outbreak of monkeypox.”

   “Clusters of monkeypox cases have recently been identified in Britain and Portugal, while Spain is investigating suspected cases of the virus.”