variola

IPA/vəˈraɪ.ə.lə/
IPA/vəˈraɪ.ə.lə/

variola — noun

1. a now-eradicated disease that spread easily and caused high fever, pus-filled sp

1.名詞C2
釋義

a now-eradicated disease that spread easily and caused high fever, pus-filled spots, and often lasting scars or death

例句

Doctors once feared variola when a child with fever developed spots.

medical context: diagnose variola from fever and spots

Before vaccination, variola killed many people in crowded port cities.

historical use: variola as disease subject

同義詞
  • smallpox

    the usual everyday and historical name for the same disease

  • pox

    historical and less precise; it can refer to other diseases in some contexts

文法句型

contract variola

die of variola

a case of variola

用法筆記

Mainly used in medical or historical writing; most everyday English uses smallpox instead. Treat it as uncountable when naming the disease, and use a phrase such as a case of variola or a variola outbreak for one event.

常見錯誤

❌The village had a variola last winter.
✅The village had a variola outbreak last winter.
💡variola names the disease itself, so use 'outbreak' or 'case' for a specific event.