Found 2 items, similar to variola.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: variola variola n : a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars [syn: smallpox, variola major ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Variola Variola \Va*ri"o*la\, n. [LL., fr. L. varius various. See Various.] (Med.) The smallpox. [1913 Webster]