variolous

American  

[vuh-rahy-uh-luhs] / vəˈraɪ ə ləs /

Or variolar

adjective

1. of or relating to smallpox.

2. affected with smallpox.

3. having pits like those left by smallpox.

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variolous British  

/ vəˈraɪələs /

adjective

1. relating to or resembling smallpox; variolar

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Etymology

Origin of variolous

First recorded in 1660–70; variol(a) + -ous

Example Sentences

We can scarcely suppose that he did anything else than variolate these persons, just as he would have done had he used variolous lymph without the addition of milk.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

We may, nevertheless, always determine, provided we succeed at all, whether we are dealing with a disease that protects against vaccinal and variolous inoculation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In general terms, it may be said that it is scarcely less protective than variolous infection itself, for death from a second attack of small-pox is by no means rare.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

To pronounce that case to be variolous which is not of such a nature is to subject one to the indignation of the few and the ridicule of the many.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Elizabeth Wynne, who had the Cow-pox in the year 1759, was inoculated with variolous matter, without effect, in the year 1797, and again caught the Cow-pox in the year 1798.

From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Jenner, Edward