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Read the following passage:
He saw her as a wounded dove, but to those who viewed her without Vincent's compassion, she was a tough,
uneducated woman of the streets with a face scarred by smallpox, a grating voice, a five-year-old daughter, and a
grasping family.

What is the meaning of the word smallpox in this passage?

a contagious disease that leaves scars on your face

a small child

a type of flu

broken bones that didn't quite heal correctly