variolous

English

Etymology

Latin variolosus, from variola (“smallpox”): compare French varioleux.

Adjective

variolous (not comparable)

(medicine) Of or pertaining to smallpox.

Synonyms

variolar
variolic

Translations

of or pertaining to smallpox

Portuguese: variólico, varioloso

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for variolous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)