Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Varioloid

Varioloid (?; 277) , adjective

[Variola + -oid: compare French varioloide.]

(Medicine) Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.

Varioloid , noun

[Compare French varioloide. See Varioloid, a.]

(Medicine) The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.

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.