variole

/V EH1 R IY0 OW0 L/
noun
  1. 1

    A shallow pit or pitted marking.

  2. 2

    (geology) A spherule of a variolite.

  3. 3

    (uncountable, pathology) Alternative form of variola; smallpox [(pathology) Smallpox (Orthopoxvirus variola).]