Associations to the word «Variolation»
Noun
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Wiktionary
VARIOLATION, noun. (historical) The inoculation of a person with smallpox so as to induce a mild form of the illness and subsequent immunity to it.
Dictionary definition
VARIOLATION, noun. The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.