variolator
English
Etymology
variolate + -or
Noun
variolator (plural variolators)
- One who inoculates with smallpox.
- 2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History (page 82)
- Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.
- 2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History (page 82)