Medical Definition of Variola benigna
1.
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
Origin: Variola: cf. F. Varioloide.
The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.
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.
Origin: Cf. F. Varioloide. See Varioloid.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Variola Benigna
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