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Noun Concept
Categories: Smallpox vaccines
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variolation  variolization  Smallpox Variolation  Suttonian method  Variolous material
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The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox WordNet 3.0
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The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Variolation was the method of inoculation first used to immunize individuals against smallpox with material taken from a patient or a recently variolated individual, in the hope that a mild, but protective, infection would result. Wikipedia
Smallpox immunisation Wikidata
The inoculation of a person with smallpox so as to induce a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to it. Wiktionary
Variolation: inoculation against smallpox using material from a smallpox lesion. Wiktionary
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inoculating
artificial induction of immunity
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variolation, variolization
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variolation
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Variolation
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Smallpox variolation, Smallpox Variolation, Suttonian method, Variolous material

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