variola
Noun
Meaning
The smallpox.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
black death
plague
smallpox
ringworm
hepatitis
tetanus
leprosy
influenza
diphtheria
dysentery
measles
herpes
pox
lockjaw
cholera
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Phrases with the word
variola vaccinia
variola virus
variola minor
variola major virus
variola minor virus
variola vaccina
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Edward Jenner had also discovered vaccination using cowpox ( Vaccinia ) to give cross-immunity to smallpox in 1796, and by Pasteur's time this had generally replaced the use of actual smallpox ( Variola ) material in inoculation.
Smallpox (Variola major and Variola minor) began to spread in Mesoamerica immediately after the arrival of Europeans.