VARIOLOID

Etymology

Adjective

varioloid (comparative more varioloid, superlative most varioloid)

Of or resembling smallpox

Noun

varioloid (plural varioloids)

A milder outbreak of smallpox occurring in a person who has previously been infected.

Source: Wiktionary


Va"ri*o*loid, a. Etym: [Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloĂŻde.] (Med.)

Definition: Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.

Va"ri*o*loid, n. Etym: [Cf. F. varioloĂŻde. See Varioloid, a.] (Med.)

Definition: The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.

Note: It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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