noun
variola
Variola (noun) means Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
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Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
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Etymology
From Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola (“infectious disease causing pustules; pox”), from Latin varius. Doublet of variole.
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"variola" (noun) means smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).