English Dictionary |
VARIOLIZATION
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does variolization mean?
• VARIOLIZATION (noun)
The noun VARIOLIZATION has 1 sense:
1. the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
Familiarity information: VARIOLIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
variolation; variolization
Hypernyms ("variolization" is a kind of...):
inoculating; vaccinating (the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Close but no cigar." (English proverb)
"All dreams spin out from the same web." (Native American proverb, Hopi)
"Complaining is the weak's weapon." (Arabic proverb)
"Money sticks to another money." (Croatian proverb)
"All dreams spin out from the same web." (Native American proverb, Hopi)
"Complaining is the weak's weapon." (Arabic proverb)
"Money sticks to another money." (Croatian proverb)