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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. 1
    • : resembling smallpox.
    • : of or relating to a mild case of smallpox.
n.名词 noun
  1. 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.