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va⋅ri⋅o⋅la

  [vuh-rahy-uh-luh]
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–noun Pathology.
smallpox.
Origin:
1795–1805; < ML, equiv. to L vari(us) speckled (see various ) + -ola -ole 1
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small·pox   (smôl'pŏks')   
n.  An acute, highly infectious, often fatal disease caused by a poxvirus and characterized by high fever and aches with subsequent widespread eruption of pimples that blister, produce pus, and form pockmarks. Also called variola.
va·ri·o·la   (və-rī'ə-lə, vâr'ē-ō'lə, vār'-)   
n.  See smallpox.

[New Latin, from Medieval Latin, pustule, from Latin varius, speckled.]
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Main Entry: va·ri·o·la
Pronunciation: v&-'rI-&-l&
Function: noun
: any of several virus diseases (as smallpox or cowpox)marked by a pustular eruption
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variola va·ri·o·la (və-rī'ə-lə, vâr'ē-ō'lə, vār'-)
n.
See smallpox.

va·ri'o·lar (-lər) or va·ri'o·lous (-ləs) adj.

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variola   (və-rī'ə-lə, vâr'ē-ō'lə)  Pronunciation Key 
See smallpox.
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