varioloid

[vair-ee-uh-loid]

adjective

1. resembling smallpox.

2. of or relating to a mild case of smallpox.

noun

1. a mild smallpox, especially as occurring in persons who were vaccinated or previously had the disease.

varioloid

/ ˈvɛərɪəˌlɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling smallpox

noun

1. a mild form of smallpox occurring in persons with partial immunity

Other Word Forms

• postvarioloid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of varioloid¹

First recorded in 1815–25; variol(a) + -oid

Example Sentences

The fact is thus fully established that the protection afforded by successful vaccination varies in time with different cases, and that the liability to varioloid is greatest between the ages of 15 and 25 years.

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Statistics further show that about one half of those who have had the vaccine disease as a result of vaccination, are liable to a modified form of small pox called varioloid, approaching more or less in violence to malIgnant types of the disease.

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First, if there has been exposure, there is time for vaccination to be performed, and to develop the vaccine disease before the small pox shall appear, and to modify the latter into the milder type of varioloid.

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With the present light upon the subject, it would seem to be an instance of the origination anew of a malignant type of varioloid disease.

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Thus, it is well known that the mildest cases of varioloid may be sources of malignant forms of variola to the unprotected, while those who are partially protected and exposed to the virus of confluent forms of the disease may exhibit the mildest symptoms of varioloid.

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