- variolization
- nounthe obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox• Syn: ↑variolation• Hypernyms: ↑inoculating, ↑vaccinating
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variolization — SYN: variolation. * * * va·ri·o·li·za·tion (var″e o lĭ zaґshən) variolation … Medical dictionary
variolation — The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material from a vesicle of a patient with smallpox. SYN: variolization. * * * var·i·o·la·tion .var ē ə lā shən n the deliberate inoculation of an uninfected person with the smallpox… … Medical dictionary
inoculating — noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating • Syn: ↑vaccinating • Derivationally related forms: ↑vaccinate (for: ↑vaccinating),… … Useful english dictionary
vaccinating — noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity (Freq. 1) doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating • Syn: ↑inoculating • Derivationally related forms: ↑vaccinate, ↑inoculate … Useful english dictionary
variolation — noun the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox • Syn: ↑variolization • Hypernyms: ↑inoculating, ↑vaccinating … Useful english dictionary
