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.]