The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\ (?; 277), a. [Variola + -oid: cf. F.
variolo["i]de.] (Med.)
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called
varioloid.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Varioloid \Va"ri*o*loid\, n. [Cf. F. variolo["i]de. See
Varioloid, a.] (Med.)
The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or
vaccination.
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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.
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