Path. [mod.L. (Vogel, 1764), irreg. dimin. of variola VARIOLA. Cf. F. varicelle.] Chicken-pox.
1771. Encycl. Brit., III. 59. Exanthemata, or eruptive fevers; comprehending 10 genera, viz. 1. Erysipelas; 2. Pestis; 3. Variola; 4. Varicella; 5. Rubeola [etc.].
1804. Med. Jrnl., XII. 441. Though very much resembling variola, I remarked, [that] it might yet be found to be varicella.
1825. Good, Study Med. (ed. 2), III. 83. While … varicella or water-pox in all its varieties, was designated by the term variola.
1876. Bristowe, Th. & Pract. Med. (1878), 181. Varicella has been largely confounded with small-pox, of which it has been regarded as a modified variety.
attrib. 1897. Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc., IX. 131. Around many of the varicella marks … a rapid ulceration immediately began.
1898. Hutchinson’s Arch. Surg., IX. 369. It might be the result of … a sequel of varicella, i.e. a varicella prurigo.
Hence Varicellar a., varicellous. Varicelloid, modified small-pox, varioloid.
1873. F. T. Roberts, The. & Pract. Med., 186. Small-pox after Vaccination—Varioloid—Varicelloid.
1891. Cent. Dict., Varicellar.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 720. When the disease is engrafted on the lesions of varicella … it does not confine itself to the varicellar lesions.
