VARIOLA

smallpox, variola, variola major

(noun) a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

variola (usually uncountable, plural variolas)

(diseases) smallpox

Anagrams

• ovarial

Source: Wiktionary


Va*ri"o*la, n. Etym: [LL., fr. L. varius various. See Various.] (Med.)

Definition: The smallpox.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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