Main Entry: mon·key·pox

Pronunciation: \ˈməŋ-kē-ˌpäks\

Function: noun

: a rare virus disease especially of rain forest areas of central and western Africa that is caused by a poxvirus of the genus Orthopoxvirus (species Monkeypox virus), that occurs in wild rodents and primates and in captive monkeys, and that when transmitted to humans resembles smallpox but is milder