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variola

variola noun: smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).

Noun

variola (usually uncountable, plural variolas)

  1. (usually) Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).

variola meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

variola in Tamil

பெரியம்மை, வைசூரி

variola in Urdu

چیچک

variola in Telugu

smallpox
మశూచి maśūci

Forms of variola

pluralvariolas

Origin of variola

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.

Words formed from variola

Words that rhyme with variola

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Questions about variola

What does variola mean?
Variola means smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
What is variola in Tamil?
Variola in Tamil is பெரியம்மை, வைசூரி. See Variola meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is variola?
Variola is a noun.
What is the plural of variola?
The plural of variola is variolas.

Words near variola in the dictionary

  1. variograph
  2. variographic
  3. variographies
  4. variographs
  5. variography
  6. variola
  7. variola ovina
  8. variolar
  9. variolaric acid
  10. variolas
  11. variolate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: variola (page history and authors); variola (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); variola (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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