variolator

English

Etymology

From 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.