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noun
Alternative form of variola; smallpox
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
A spherule of a variolite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A shallow pit or pitted marking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: foveole
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History
From Middle English varioles pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Latin variola, and partly from French variole. Doublet of variola.
