variolate
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
-
To infect with smallpox.
— Lady Montagu encouraged the Princess of Wales to variolate her two daughters. To assure herself of the safety of the procedure, the Princess first forced disenfranchised subjects -- several prisoners and an orphan -- to be variolated.
形容词 adj.
- Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.
词源
词源 1
From variola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
词源 2
From variole + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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