'Variolation' definitions:
Definition of 'variolation'
From: WordNet
noun
The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox [syn: variolation, variolization]
Definition of 'Variolation'
From: GCIDE
- Variolation \Va`ri*o*la"tion\, n. (Med.) Inoculation with smallpox. [1913 Webster]