Definition of varioloid in English:
varioloid
adjective ˈvɛːrɪəlɔɪdˈvɛriəˌlɔɪd
Medicine Resembling smallpox.
Example sentencesExamples
- There was nothing to mark these cases decisively as varioloid.
noun ˈvɛːrɪəlɔɪdˈvɛriəˌlɔɪd
mass nounMedicine A mild form of smallpox affecting people who have already had the disease or have been vaccinated against it.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is true, as a rule, of measles, scarlet fever, whooping-cough, small-pox, and varioloid.
- In early 1863, several cases of varioloid broke out among the camp.
- In the autumn of 1863, Lincoln's physician told him that he was suffering from varioloid, a mild form of smallpox.
- In case of smallpox or varioloid take the remedy in water one teaspoonful every two or three hours till recovery.
- A couple of hours later the city health officer called on my patient and diagnosed it as varioloid and much to the patient's disgust, removed him to the city pest-house.
Definition of varioloid in US English:
varioloid
adjectiveˈverēəˌloidˈvɛriəˌlɔɪd
Medicine Resembling smallpox.
Example sentencesExamples
- There was nothing to mark these cases decisively as varioloid.
nounˈverēəˌloidˈvɛriəˌlɔɪd
Medicine A mild form of smallpox affecting people who have already had the disease or have been vaccinated against it.
Example sentencesExamples
- A couple of hours later the city health officer called on my patient and diagnosed it as varioloid and much to the patient's disgust, removed him to the city pest-house.
- In case of smallpox or varioloid take the remedy in water one teaspoonful every two or three hours till recovery.
- In early 1863, several cases of varioloid broke out among the camp.
- This is true, as a rule, of measles, scarlet fever, whooping-cough, small-pox, and varioloid.
- In the autumn of 1863, Lincoln's physician told him that he was suffering from varioloid, a mild form of smallpox.