variolator

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noun

One who inoculates with smallpox.

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Meanings

nounvariolator (plural variolators)

plural variolators

  1. One who inoculates with smallpox.

    Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.

    2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82

Origin

From variolate + -or.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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