varioloid
/vair-ee-uh-loid/US // ˈvɛər i əˌlɔɪd //UK // (ˈvɛərɪəˌlɔɪd) //
类人猿,类人种,类风湿性关节炎,类风湿关节炎
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : resembling smallpox.
- : of or relating to a mild case of smallpox.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a mild smallpox, especially as occurring in persons who were vaccinated or previously had the disease.
Examples
Schoenlein was the first to call attention to the distinction between variola and varioloid.
Julia had the smallpox, not varioloid, but the veritable thing itself, in its most aggravated form.
Henry Robson taken to smallpox camp, having been sick in camp for nearly a week with varioloid.
Doubtless there is a difference, and yet they differ only as the varioloid differs from the worse disease.
While these cannot be called varioloid, yet the death rate is much lower than in smallpox occurring in the unvaccinated.
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