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variola

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
var-i-o-la
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).

Uncountable

Etymology

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.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

variolas (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudovariola variolar variolate variolation variolic varioliform varioline variolization varioloid variolous

Phrases

equine variola variola ovina

Synonyms

smallpox variola major

Rhymes With

cola ebola viola lola coca cola coca-cola motorola angola hola pensacola nola granola

Questions

What does variola mean?
Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).
Where does variola come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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