variola
pronunciation
How to pronounce variola in British English:
UK [və'raɪələ]
How to pronounce variola in American English:
US [və'raɪələ]
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- Noun:
- a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Word Origin
- variola (n.)
- "smallpox," 1771, medical Latin diminutive of Latin varius "changing, various," in this case "speckled, spotted" (see vary).
Example
- 1. Destroying the remaining stocks of variola , or small pox virus , is seen by some countries as the final chapter in eradicating the disease to prevent the risk of accidental release .