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Word: Variola
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the plural, denoting pustules): from late Latin, literally ‘pustule, pock’, from Latin varius ‘affected by the pox’, from varus ‘pimple’. The sense ‘smallpox’ dates from the late 16th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
vəˈrʌɪələ
Dialects: British English
Short Definition:
smallpox
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