variolation

[医] 人痘接种, 天花接种, 引痘

词形变化

variolations 复数 variolations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The inoculation of a person with smallpox with the intention of inducing a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to the disease.

    可数 历史 不可数

    Variolation is no longer used today. It was replaced by smallpox vaccination, a safer alternative, which in turn led to the development of vaccines against many other diseases.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

variolization

词源

From variola + -ation.

来源：wiktionary