Associations to the word «Variolation»

Wiktionary

VARIOLATION, noun. (historical) The inoculation of a person with smallpox so as to induce a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to it.

Dictionary definition

VARIOLATION, noun. The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox.

Wise words

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