Variolation

2 definitions found

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

  Variolation \Va`ri*o*la"tion\, n. (Med.)
     Inoculation with smallpox.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  variolation
       n : the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person
           with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has
           smallpox [syn: {variolization}]