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variolators

variolators is the plural of variolator.

Meaning of variolator

Noun

variolator (plural variolators)

  1. One who inoculates with smallpox.
    • Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82

Questions about variolators

What is variolators the plural of?
Variolators is the plural of variolator.

Words near variolators in the dictionary

  1. variolates
  2. variolating
  3. variolation
  4. variolations
  5. variolator
  6. variolators
  7. variole
  8. varioles
  9. variolic
  10. varioliform
  11. varioline

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