variolate
[ vair-ee-uh-leyt, -lit ]
adjectivePathology.
resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
Origin of variolate
1Words Nearby variolate
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How to use variolate in a sentence
Instead, they become infected with very small amounts of the virus, as those who were variolated for smallpox often did.
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British Dictionary definitions for variolate
variolate
/ (ˈvɛərɪəˌleɪt) /
verb
(tr) to inoculate with the smallpox virus
adjective
marked or pitted with or as if with the scars of smallpox
Origin of variolate
1C18: from variola
Derived forms of variolate
- variolation, variolization or variolisation, noun
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