variolation

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An obsolete medical procedure involving the inoculation of a susceptible person with material taken from a smallpox vesicle, used historically to induce immunity.

• 🇩🇪Historisches medizinisches Verfahren, bei dem einer empfänglichen Person Material aus einer Pocke der Pocken eingebracht wird, um Immunität zu erzeugen; Vorläufer der modernen Impfung.

1. Historical smallpox inoculation C2 formal medical

   The obsolete practice of deliberately infecting a person with material from a smallpox pustule to induce a mild form of the disease and provide immunity.

   • Variolation was a common practice in Asia and Africa before the development of vaccination.
   • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduced variolation to England in the 18th century.
   • Unlike modern vaccination, variolation carried a risk of causing a severe case of smallpox.

   🇩🇪Historische Pockenimpfung

   Synonyme: inoculationvariolization

• variolations plural form
• variolations' possessive plural form
• variolation's possessive singular form