variolation
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- noun
- /ˌvɛəriəˈloʊʃən/
- Archaic
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variolación
- Popular resistance to variolation and vaccination contributed to its longevity and mortality, despite the fact that the first recorded vaccination attempts against smallpox in Latin America were made in the Amazon in 1729 by a Carmelite missionary.
But, and I'm going to mispronounce it, how did we get from variolation to vaccination?
- But, and I'm going to mispronounce it, how did we get from variolation to vaccination?
Examples
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Many communities relied on variolation to build immunity against smallpox before the advent of modern vaccines.
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That was called variolation and that was known.
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Variolation continued into the twentieth century in some regions.
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But, and I'm going to mispronounce it, how did we get from variolation to vaccination?
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Crusts were successfully used for variolation in many areas before vaccination with vaccinia virus.
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Not an Einstein, but how about a Jenner to rediscover variolation?
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Some accounts from the eighteenth century report that material used in variolation (often scab material) was stored for eight years before successful use (34).
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And the practice that resulted was called variously inoculation, variolation, or in a gardening metaphor and grafting.
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In the 18th century, variolation was a common method used to protect individuals from smallpox.
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The practice of variolation involved inoculating healthy individuals with material from smallpox sores.
Synonyms
An old medical practice that puts smallpox material into a healthy person to make them immune
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Surface Forms
Morphology
variolation = variolate (opaque) = variol + ation
The base 'variolate' and root 'variol(a)' are specialist/archaic medical terms, so even though formation is regular, learners cannot infer meaning from common English morphemes.
Etymology
Variolation comes from the Latin variola, the name for 'smallpox', which itself comes from varius meaning 'spotted' and is like the English word variety. So variolation was the old practice of putting material from a smallpox sore into a healthy person to protect them from smallpox.