variola

va·riola

uncommon

noun

a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

Synonyms

smallpox
variola major

Origin

From Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola (“infectious disease causing pustules; pox”), from Latin varius. Doublet of variole.

Related words

Word family

variolar
variolation
variola major
variola major virus
variola minor
variola minor virus
variola vaccina
variola vaccine
variola vaccinia
variola virus

Broader terms

Narrower terms

alastrim

Part of

pock

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