Definition of Varioloid. Meaning of Varioloid. Synonyms of Varioloid

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Definition of Varioloid

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

Meaning of Varioloid from wikipedia

- bathing his forehead in cold water. Lincoln's illness was diagnosed as "Varioloid" which is a mild form of smallpox. Long thought to have been only a mild...
- was serving with during the American Civil War. Edward Davis contracted varioloid, a form of smallpox that happens once a person is vaccinated from the...
- reception. The condition known by the name of "native pock" is doubtless a varioloid disease, but resembles more a severe form of varicella [i.e. chickenpox]...
- Investigate Some Obscure and Undecided Doctrines in Relation to Small-pox, Varioloid and Vaccination. Boston: Marsh, Capen, and Lyon, 1836. http://resource...
- wrote Description of the Distinct, Confluent, and Inoculated Small Pox, Varioloid Disease, Cow Pox, and Chicken Pox (1829) which included thirteen colored...