variolization
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variolation, variolization
inoculation against smallpox.
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Noun | 1. | variolization - the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox inoculating, vaccinating - the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity; "doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating" |
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