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.
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variola virus n. A virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus that causes smallpox. Also called smallpox virus.
- Variole
noun 1. a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola. 2. a light-colored spherule, common in some igneous rocks, that gives a pockmarked appearance to weathered rock surfaces. noun 1. any of the rounded masses that make up the rock variolite
- Varioliform
varioliform va·ri·o·li·form (və-rī’ə-lə-fôrm’, vâr’ē-ō’lə-, vār’-) adj. Resembling smallpox.
- Variolite
noun, Petrology. 1. a rock embedded with varioles; a variolitic rock. noun 1. any basic igneous rock containing rounded bodies (varioles) consisting of radiating crystal fibres
- Variolitic
adjective 1. Petrography. containing or resembling varioles, especially in texture. 2. spotted; speckled.