Variolation

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  • n. The inoculation of a person with smallpox so as to induce a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to it.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Inoculation with smallpox.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Inoculation with the virus of smallpox. See inoculation, Also variolization.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vaccinating    inoculating   
    Cross Reference
    bovine variolation   
     
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