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Webster 1913 Edition
Variolation
Vaˊri-o-la′tion
,Noun.
(Med.)
Inoculation with smallpox.
Definition 2024
variolation
variolation
English
Noun
variolation (plural variolations)
- (historical) The inoculation of a person with smallpox so as to induce a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to it.