variola

Etymology

From Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola, from Latin varius.

Noun

variola (usually uncountable, plural variolas)

1. (medicine) smallpox

Anagrams

• ovarial

Adjective

variola (accusative singular variolan, plural variolaj, accusative plural variolajn)

1. variolous

Etymology

Found in Medieval Latin, Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, and also New Latin and Medical Latin later. From varius (“various, variegated, also coming to mean "spotted, speckled"”).

Noun

variola

1. an infectious disease causing pustules; pox

References

• variola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin variola, from varius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v̞arǐo̞ːla/, /v̞ariô̞ːla/
• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧o‧la

Noun

varìōla f (Cyrillic spelling варѝо̄ла) or variȏla f (Cyrillic spelling варио̑ла)

1. (medicine, uncountable) smallpox

References

• “variola” in Hrvatski jezični portal