Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
variolous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Variolous.
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- adjective medicine
variolous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to small pox
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The Memoirs of the Medical Society of London* (* 1779 Volume 4 page 330.) contain a paper read before that body on October 30th, 1797: “Case of a child born with variolar pustules, by Matthew Flinders, surgeon, Donington, Lincolnshire.”
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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