variolate

[ vair-ee-uh-leyt, -lit ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. resembling smallpox, as a lesion.

variolate

/ ˈvɛərɪəˌleɪt /

verb

1. tr to inoculate with the smallpox virus

adjective

1. marked or pitted with or as if with the scars of smallpox

Derived Forms

• ˌvarioˈlation, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of variolate¹

First recorded in 1785–95; variol(a) + -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of variolate¹

C18: from variola

Example Sentences

Instead, they become infected with very small amounts of the virus, as those who were variolated for smallpox often did.

From Popular-Science

Variolate -ose: with large, rounded impressions like pock-marks.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• immunize
• inject
• inoculate
• protect
• treat