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var⋅i⋅o⋅loid

  [vair-ee-uh-loid]
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–adjective
1. resembling smallpox.
2. of or pertaining to a mild case of smallpox.
–noun
3. a mild smallpox, esp. as occurring in persons who were vaccinated or previously had the disease.
Origin:
1815–25; variol(a) + -oid
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var·i·o·loid   (vâr'ē-ə-loid', vār'-, və-rī'ə-loid')   
n.  A mild form of smallpox occurring in people who have been previously vaccinated or who have had the disease.
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Main Entry: va·ri·o·loid
Pronunciation: 'var-E-&-"loid, v&-'rI-&-"loid
Function: noun
: a modified mild form of smallpoxoccurring in persons who have been vaccinated or who have had smallpox
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varioloid var·i·o·loid (vâr'ē-ə-loid', vār'-, və-rī'ə-loid')
adj.
Varioliform. n.
A mild form of smallpox occurring in people who have been previously vaccinated or who have had the disease.

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