variolate
adjective
resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
variolation
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a word derived from
variolate.
Example Sentences
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Both practiced variolation, an older form of inoculation against smallpox that involved scraping matter from a smallpox sore to infect a healthy person with the disease.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
Such policies are in line with Washington's variolation mandate for soldiers and his moving the government out of Philadelphia during yellow fever outbreaks.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2021
General George Washington compelled troops to get a smallpox variolation, saying it was necessary to safeguard soldiers and to win the war.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2021
No one knows exactly when and where variolation, a kind of proto-vaccination that involves direct exposure to small amounts of the virus itself, was first practiced.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2021
Variola vaccine—i.e. the virus of an affection of the cow resulting from variolation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
