Variola

[vә'raiәlә]

Definition

(n.) The smallpox.

Editor: Oswald

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Med.) Small-pox.

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Definition

n. smallpox.—adjs. Varī′olar Variol′ic Varī′olous.—ns. Variolā′tion inoculation with the virus of smallpox; Vā′riole a shallow pit or pitted marking a foveole; Varī′olite a rock covered with pea-like pustular forms held in India as a preventive of smallpox and worn sometimes as an amulet round the neck.—adjs. Variolit′ic pertaining to variolite; Vā′rioloid resembling smallpox: resembling measles.—n. modified smallpox.

Typist: Mag