variolation

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variolation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Variolation \Va`ri*o*la"tion\, n. (Med.)
     Inoculation with smallpox.
     [1913 Webster]

variolation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  variolation
      n 1: the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person
           with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has
           smallpox [syn: variolation, variolization]