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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VARIOLOID

n.[L. variolae and Gr. form. ] The name recently given to a disease resembling the small pox.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VARIOLOID

Va "ri *o *loid, a. Etym: [Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde.] (Med. )

Defn: Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.

VARIOLOID

Va "ri *o *loid, n. Etym: [Cf. F. varioloïde. See Varioloid, a.] (Med. )

Defn: The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.

Note: It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation. Dunglison.

New American Oxford Dictionary

varioloid

var i o loid |ˈve (ə )rēəˌloid ˈvɛriəlɔɪd |Medicine ▶adjective resembling smallpox. ▶noun a mild form of smallpox affecting people who have already had the disease or have been vaccinated against it.

Oxford Dictionary

varioloid

varioloid |ˈvɛːrɪəlɔɪd |Medicine ▶adjective resembling smallpox. ▶noun [ mass noun ] a mild form of smallpox affecting people who have already had the disease or have been vaccinated against it.