2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\ (?; 277), a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F. variolo["i]de.] (Med.) Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\, n. [Cf. F. variolo["i]de. See {Varioloid}, a.] (Med.) The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. [1913 Webster] Note: It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
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