# variola

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).

## Etymology
From Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola (“infectious disease causing pustules; pox”), from Latin varius. Doublet of variole.

## Source
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