varioloid

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varioloid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\ (?; 277), a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F.
     variolo["i]de.] (Med.)
     Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called
     varioloid.
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  Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\, n. [Cf. F. variolo["i]de. See
     Varioloid, a.] (Med.)
     The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or
     vaccination.
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     Note: 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.
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