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variola

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. variola (noun)
  2. variola major (noun)
  3. variola minor (noun)
  4. variola vaccinia (noun)

va·ri·o·la

noun \və-ˈrī-ə-lə\

Definition of VARIOLA

: smallpox; also : the poxvirus of the genus Orthopoxvirus (species Variola virus) that is the causative agent of smallpox

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