variolate

[ vair-ee-uh-leyt, -lit ]
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adjectivePathology.
  1. resembling smallpox, as a lesion.

Origin of variolate

1
First recorded in 1785–95; variol(a) + -ate1

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British Dictionary definitions for variolate

variolate

/ (ˈvɛərɪəˌleɪt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to inoculate with the smallpox virus

adjective
  1. marked or pitted with or as if with the scars of smallpox

Origin of variolate

1
C18: from variola

Derived forms of variolate

  • variolation, variolization or variolisation, noun

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