Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Variolous
Va·ri′o·lous (vȧ·rī′ō·lŭs), a. [LL. variolosus, fr. variola the smallpox: cf. F. varioleux.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.