'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]

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