varioláció
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Hungarian
inoculation
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inoculation
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Meaning
Historical smallpox variolation
Themes
history_of_medicine
|smallpox
|obsolete_practice
|immunity
|history
|medicine
|public_health
Definition
The former practice of deliberately introducing material from a smallpox sore into a healthy person to cause a mild infection and later immunity; now usually called variolation.
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