\Va"ri*o*loid\ (?; 277), a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F.
variolo["i]de.] (Med.)
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called
varioloid.

\Va"ri*o*loid\, n. [Cf. F. variolo["i]de. See
{Varioloid}, a.] (Med.)
The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or
vaccination.
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.