'Variola' definitions:
Definition of 'variola'
(from WordNet)
noun
A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: smallpox, variola, variola major]
Definition of 'Variola'
From: GCIDE
- Variola \Va*ri"o*la\, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See Various.] (Med.) The smallpox. [1913 Webster]