varioloid

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

var=i=o=loid

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CIDE DICTIONARY

varioloid, a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde.].

Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. [1913 Webster]

varioloid, n. [Cf. F. varioloïde. See Varioloid, a.].

The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. [1913 Webster]

" It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation." Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

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