The Collaborative International Dictionary
Variole
Variole \Va"ri*ole\, n. [Cf. F. variole smallpox. See Variola.]
A foveola.
(Geol.) A spherule of a variolite.
Usage examples of "variole".
Whole tribes of North American Indians have been destroyed by a single exposure to variole, which used to be our mildest form of smallpox.