Va"ri*o*loid [Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloide.] Med.
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
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Va"ri*o*loid, n. [Cf. F. varioloide. See Varioloid, a.] Med.
The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.
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.
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