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Webster 1913 Edition


Variola

Va-ri′o-la

,
Noun.
[LL., fr. L.
varius
various. See
Various
.]
(Med.)
The smallpox.

Definition 2024


variola

variola

See also: varíola

English

Noun

variola (usually uncountable, plural variolas)

  1. (pathology) smallpox

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Esperanto

Adjective

variola (accusative singular variolan, plural variolaj, accusative plural variolajn)

  1. variolous

Related terms


Latin

Etymology

Found in Medieval Latin, Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, and also New Latin and Medical Latin later. From varius (various, variegated, also coming to mean "spotted, speckled").

Noun

variola

  1. an infectious disease causing pustules; pox

Descendants

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin variola, from varius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /v̞arǐo̞:la/, /v̞ariô̞:la/
  • Hyphenation: va‧ri‧o‧la

Noun

varìōla f (Cyrillic spelling варѝо̄ла) or variȏla f (Cyrillic spelling варио̑ла)

  1. (pathology, uncountable) smallpox

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • variola” in Hrvatski jezični portal