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variole

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var⋅i⋅ole

  [vair-ee-ohl]
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–noun
1. a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
2. a light-colored spherule, common in some igneous rocks, that gives a pockmarked appearance to weathered rock surfaces.
Origin:
1820–30; < F: variola
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var·i·ole   (vâr'ē-ōl')   
n.  A small pocklike mark, as on an insect.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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