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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The vesicles are superficial in situation, the firm papule which precedes the variolous rash being altogether wanting.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Several months afterwards, he was again inoculated with variolous matter, but no sensible effect was produced on the constitution.
From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Jenner, Edward
On the second day after the operation, the punctured parts were inflamed, though I think the arm in which I had inserted variolous matter was rather more so than the other.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
When the variolous exanthem first appears the practitioner should secure as soon as practicable a history of the invasion stage if this has not been subject to his personal observation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Though there is reason to believe, that the first time any common matter is absorbed, it has this effect, but not the second time, like the variolous matter above mentioned.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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