Hypertext Webster Gateway: "variola"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Variola \Va*ri"o*la\, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See
{Various}.] (Med.)
The smallpox.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
variola
n : a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and
weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs
that slough off leaving scars [syn: {smallpox}]
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