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VARIOLIZATION

\vˌe͡əɹɪˌɒla͡ɪzˈe͡ɪʃən], \vˌe‍əɹɪˌɒla‍ɪzˈe‍ɪʃən], \v_ˌeə_ɹ_ɪ__ˌɒ_l_aɪ_z_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of VARIOLIZATION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Inoculation of small-pox.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The act of inoculating with small-pox.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

See Variolation.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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