varioloid
Americanadjective
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resembling smallpox.
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of or relating to a mild case of smallpox.
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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.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2021
He reported that, as a child, he had varioloid measles, sore throat and "colds."
From Time Magazine Archive
They are, so to speak, vaccinated for love, and they are safe from the virulent confluent or even the varioloid type of the original malady.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 by Various
When prevalent in the city, the measles, small pox, and varioloid disease have reached the Asylum; the scarlatina has, at no period, I believe, been peculiarly troublesome there.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
"That's varioloid, or mild small-pox," said the doctor.
From The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher)
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