variolous

American  

[vuh-rahy-uh-luhs] / vəˈraɪ ə ləs /

Or variolar

adjective

1. of or relating to smallpox.

2. affected with smallpox.

3. having pits like those left by smallpox.

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variolous British  

/ vəˈraɪələs /

adjective

1. relating to or resembling smallpox; variolar

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Etymology

Origin of variolous

First recorded in 1660–70; variol(a) + -ous

Example Sentences

And secondly, that in hectic fever a part of the purulent matter is absorbed; or acts on the surface of the ulcer; as variolous matter affects the inoculated part of the arm.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

The same appearances were observable on the arms as we commonly see when a patient has had variolous matter applied, after having either the Cow-pox or the Small-pox.

From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Jenner, Edward

Our object being to convey practical knowledge, we pass on to a notice of the subjects, most liable to suffer from exposure to the variolous poison.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

The efflorescent blush around the part punctured in the boy's arm was so truly characteristic of that which appears on variolous inoculation, that I have given a representation of it.

From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Jenner, Edward

Thus the variolous fever in the natural small-pox commences on the 14th day, and in the inoculated small-pox on the seventh day.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus