variolization
Variolation: inoculation against smallpox using material from a smallpox lesionVariolation: inoculation against smallpox using material from a smallpox lesion
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete, uncountable)Variolation: inoculation against smallpox using material from a smallpox lesion
More definitions
- the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
Origin
From variola + -ization.From variola + -ization.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox:variolation
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable