| varioloid | <medicine> Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. Origin: Variola: cf. F. Varioloide. <medicine> The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. 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. Origin: Cf. F. Varioloide. See Varioloid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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