| Varioloid | a. [ Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde. ] (Med.) Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Varioloid | n. [ Cf. F. varioloïde. See Varioloid, a. ] (Med.) The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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 ] |