"variola" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-variola.wav Forms: variolas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlə 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|variolas|g=p|t=pustules, pocks}} Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), {{der|en|la-med|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|la|varius}} Latin varius, {{doublet|en|variole}} Doublet of variole Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} variola (usually uncountable, plural variolas)
  1. (pathology) Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola). Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: equine variola, variola ovina, variolar, varioline, variolous Translations (smallpox): variolo (Esperanto), variole [feminine] (French), چیچك (çiçek) (Ottoman Turkish), о́спа (óspa) [feminine] (Russian), viruela [feminine] (Spanish), మశూచి (maśūci) (Telugu), pogip (Volapük)

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