variole
/ˈvɛːrɪəʊl/noun
1 Medicine = variola. Now rare.
2 Geology. Any of the spherular crystalline inclusions of a variolite.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From (i) Middle French, French variole.
- Middle European
- middle finger
- middle game
- Middle German
- middle ground
- middle guard
- middle height
- Middle High German
- middle-income
- Middle Kingdom
- middle lamella
- Middle Latin
- middle latitude
- middle leg
- middle level
- middle life
- middle line
- middle linebacker
- Middle Low German
- middleman
- middle management
- middle manager
- middlemanship
- middle market
- middle market price