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virulence noun

  /ˈvɪɹjələns/ , /ˈvɪɹələns/
  • The state of being virulent.
 virulens

virulent

virulent

virulent adjective

  /-ɹ(j)ə-/ , /ˈvɪɹ(j)ələnt/ , /ˈvɪɹ(j)ʊl(ə)nt/
  • (figurative) Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious.
 argsint
  • (medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.
  • (microbiology) Of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis. [from 1953]
 elak
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