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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[LL.

variolosus

, fr.

variola

the smallpox: cf. F.

varioleux

(Med.)

Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.

Adj.

[L. variolae, from vario, to diversify.] Pertaining to or designating the small pox.

variolous ‎(not comparable)

of or pertaining to smallpox