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variolation

DEFINITIONS OF: variolation

1

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

Synonyms:
variolization
Type of:
inoculating, vaccinating
the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
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