variole
/ˈvɛriˌoʊl/
noun
- A small, shallow pit or depression, especially one of the marks left on the skin by smallpox; a pockmark.
- Each variole on his arm was a reminder of the disease he had fought as a child.
- The old photograph showed the deep varioles on the survivor's face.
- The doctor examined the varioles to determine how severe the smallpox infection had been.