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Meaning of VARIOLA

Pronunciation:  vu'rIulu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
 
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 Synonyms: smallpox
 
 See Also: pock, pox

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Va*ri"o*la\, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See
{Various}.] (Med.)
The smallpox.
 

 

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