Category:Varioloid

Va"ri*o*loid, a. Etym: [variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde.] (med.)

Defn: resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called Varioloid.

Varioloid Va"ri*o*loid, n. Etym: [cf. F. varioloïde. See varioloid, a.] (med.)

Defn: the smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or Vaccination.

Note: it is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this Circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary Effects of previous vaccination or inoculation. Dunglison.