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var⋅i⋅o⋅late

  [vair-ee-uh-leyt, -lit]
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–adjective Pathology.
resembling smallpox, as a lesion.
Origin:
1785–95; variol(a) + -ate 1
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var·i·o·late   (vâr'ē-ə-lāt', vār'-)   
adj.  Having pustules or marks like those of smallpox.
tr.v.   var·i·o·lat·ed, var·i·o·lat·ing, var·i·o·lates
To inoculate with the smallpox virus.
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Main Entry: var·i·o·late
Pronunciation: 'var-E-&-"lAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -lat·ed;-lat·ing
: to subject to variolation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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variolate var·i·o·late (vâr'ē-ə-lāt', vār'-)
adj.
Having pustules or pitted scars like those of smallpox. v. var·i·o·lat·ed, var·i·o·lat·ing, var·i·o·lates
To inoculate with smallpox virus.

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