variola

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noun

Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).

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smallpoxvariola major
OriginMiddle English variolas pl ← Latin varius →
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Meanings

nounvariola (usually uncountable, plural variolas)

plural variolas

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineSmallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

Similar
smallpoxvariola major
Broader
pox
Also see
smallpox

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinvarius
  2. Middle Englishvariolas pl“pustules, pocks”
  3. Englishvariola

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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Translations

Esperanto variolo
  • variolosmallpox
French variole
  • variolesmallpox
Russian о́спа
  • о́спа (óspa)smallpox
Spanish viruela
  • viruelasmallpox

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with variola

MotorolaAngolacolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolamolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayola
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Anagrams

ovarial
Cite this entry
APA

variola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variola

MLA

“variola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variola. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “variola,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/variola.

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