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Definitions for Variola
vəˈraɪ ə ləvar·i·o·la
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Princeton's WordNet
smallpox, variola, variola majornoun
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Wiktionary
variolanoun
smallpox
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Variola is the scientific term for the virus that causes smallpox, a highly contagious and deadly disease. The virus has two forms: variola major, which is severe and most commonly associated with smallpox and variola minor, which is a less common and less deadly form of the virus. Smallpox was effectively eradicated globally by 1980 through extensive vaccination efforts.
Webster Dictionary
Variolanoun
the smallpox
Etymology: [LL., fr. L. varius various. See Various.]
Wikidata
Variola
Variola is a genus of fish in the Serranidae family.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Variola
vā-rī′ō-la, n. smallpox.—adjs. Varī′olar, Variol′ic, Varī′olous.—ns. Variolā′tion, inoculation with the virus of smallpox; Vā′riole, a shallow pit or pitted marking, a foveole; Varī′olite, a rock covered with pea-like pustular forms, held in India as a preventive of smallpox and worn sometimes as an amulet round the neck.—adjs. Variolit′ic, pertaining to variolite; Vā′rioloid, resembling smallpox: resembling measles.—n. modified smallpox. [Low L.,—L. varius, various, spotted.]
Entomology
Variola
a deep, rounded impression with defined edges.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Variola in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Variola in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Variola in a Sentence
When they run that test, and if that test comes back positive, they will report presumptive positive for non-variola orthopoxvirus. And that presumptive positive is actually good enough -- that, combined with what you're seeing in terms of the patient presentation -- to give them a sense that' we should take public health actions here,'.
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