variolator

English

Etymology

variolate +‎ -or

Noun

variolator (plural variolators)

  1. One who inoculates with smallpox.
    • 2015, C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History, page 82:
      Observers noted that Chinese variolators in Vietnam exhibited one or two slight variations in their practice, however, one constant factor is that they all introduced inoculum into the nasal passages.
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