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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having pustules or marks like those of smallpox.
- transitive verb To inoculate with the smallpox virus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, resembling a scar of smallpox: noting impressions or foveæ when they have a central prominence.
- In botany, thickly marked with pustules or pits, as in smallpox.
- In pathology, marked as if by smallpox.
- To inoculate with the virus of smallpox.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the appearance of
smallpox - verb To
infect withsmallpox
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reesetee commented on the word variolate
Resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
February 8, 2008