Definition of "varioloid" []

• A mild form of smallpox occurring in people who have been previously vaccinated or who have had the disease. (noun)

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• "While these cannot be called varioloid, yet the death rate is much lower than in smallpox occurring in the unvaccinated."
• "Cases of varioloid, which is a light form of small-pox, were of frequent occurrence."
• "Such a disease as the varioloid is a fit present, in return for slaves thus obtained! ["