| Pronunciation: | | 'viryuluns
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
- [n] extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague"
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VIRULENCE is a 9 letter word that starts with V. |
| | Synonyms: | | virulency |
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| | See Also: | | harmfulness, hostility, ill will, injuriousness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vir"u*lence\, Virulency \Vir"u*len*cy\, n. [Cf. F.
virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]
1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous;
poisonousness; malignancy.
2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. ``Refuted
without satirical virulency.'' --Barrow.
The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities
and sublimities of the other. --I. Taylor.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The degree or ability of a pathogenic organism to cause disease. |
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| | Definition: | | The degree of ability of an organism to cause disease. |
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