Variola

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Variola \Va*ri"o*la\, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See
     {Various}.] (Med.)
     The smallpox.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  variola
       n : a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and
           weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs
           that slough off leaving scars [syn: {smallpox}, {variola
           major}]