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Variform

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• Vario-

  1. a combining form representing various, variable, and variety in compound words: variform. combining form 1. indicating variety or difference: variometer

• Variocoupler

  [vair-ee-oh-kuhp-ler] /ˌvɛər i oʊˈkʌp lər/ noun, Electricity. 1. a transformer having coils with a self-impedance that is essentially constant but a mutual impedance that can be varied by moving one coil with respect to the other.

• Variola

  noun, Pathology. 1. smallpox. noun 1. the technical name for smallpox variola va·ri·o·la (və-rī’ə-lə, vâr’ē-ō’lə, vār’-) n. See smallpox. va·ri’o·lar (-lər) or va·ri’o·lous (-ləs) adj. variola (və-rī’ə-lə, vâr’ē-ō’lə) See smallpox.

• Variolate

  adjective, Pathology. 1. resembling smallpox, as a lesion. verb 1. (transitive) to inoculate with the smallpox virus adjective 2. marked or pitted with or as if with the scars of smallpox variolate var·i·o·late (vâr’ē-ə-lāt’, vār’-) adj. Having pustules or pitted scars like those of smallpox. v. var·i·o·lat·ed, var·i·o·lat·ing, var·i·o·lates To inoculate with smallpox virus.

• Variola virus

  variola virus n. A virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus that causes smallpox. Also called smallpox virus.

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