variolous
Americanadjective
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of or relating to smallpox.
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affected with smallpox.
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having pits like those left by smallpox.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of variolous
Example Sentences
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At the same time the inflammation of the arm inoculated with variolous matter was increasing fast, and he had the disease mildly at the usual time.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
M. Eckström promises to publish a complete description of the variolous epidemic, which prevailed last year at Stockholm, and in the provinces.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
This diversity is due to several causes, irrespective of the remarkable modifications displayed in the variolous who have been previously vaccinated.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The diphtheritic inflammations of wounds and of variolous eruptions are instances in point.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
We can scarcely suppose that he did anything else than variolate these persons, just as he would have done had he used variolous lymph without the addition of milk.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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