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Variolization Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Variolization has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox

2

Variolation: inoculation against smallpox using material from a smallpox lesion

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inoculating
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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