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virulence

noun
/ˈvɪɹjələns/

Etymology

From Middle French virulence, from Late Latin virulentia.

  1. derived from virulentia
  2. derived from virulence

Definitions

  1. The state of being virulent.

    • Most strains of this virus have no virulence.

  2. The degree of how virulent a thing is.

    • This strain has higher virulence than most others.

The neighborhood

Derived

antivirulence, avirulence, cardiovirulence, hypervirulence, hypovirulence, neurovirulence, nonvirulence, urovirulence

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for virulence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA