variola
— Noun
– English
~ a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
variola vaccina
— Noun
– English
~ a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
variola vaccinia
— Noun
– English
~ a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
variola minor
— Noun
– English
~ a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
variola minor
— Noun
– English
~ a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
variola major
— Noun
– English
~ a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
variolar
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to small pox
variolation
— Noun
– English
~ the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
variolic
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to small pox
variolization
— Noun
– English
~ the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
variolous
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to small pox
variometer
— Noun
– English
~ a measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field
variorum edition
— Noun
– English
~ an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors
variorum
— Noun
– English
~ an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors
various
— Adjective
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~ considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"
various
— Adjective
– English
~ having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition"
various
— Adjective
– English
~ of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"
various
— Adjective
– English
~ distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
variously-leaved pondweed
— Noun
– English
~ of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States
variously
— Adverb
– English
~ in diverse ways; "the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants"; "the speakers treated the subject most diversely"