virulent
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of a microorganism) extremely infective
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(of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
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extremely poisonous, injurious, etc
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extremely bitter, hostile, etc
Other Word Forms
- hypervirulent adjective
- hypervirulently adverb
- nonvirulent adjective
- nonvirulently adverb
- supervirulent adjective
- supervirulently adverb
- unvirulent adjective
- unvirulently adverb
- virulently adverb
Etymology
Origin of virulent
1350–1400; Middle English verulent < Latin vīrulentus, equivalent to vīr ( us ) poison ( virus ) + -ulentus -ulent
Example Sentences
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"Fusarium wilt -- also known as Panama disease -- is a destructive soil-borne disease which impacts farmed Cavendish bananas worldwide through its virulent Race 4 strains," Dr. Chen said.
From Science Daily
But time travel is an imperfect science, and the technician overseeing the process is delirious from a virulent new strain of flu, so Kivrin is accidentally dropped into 1348, the year of the Black Death.
But in the sentencing, Judge Richard Marks KC said the case involved "recklessness on a very high scale and language of a virulent nature".
From BBC
It said there had been outbreaks on wards and the dominant strain was "particularly virulent".
From BBC
"This is a particularly virulent strain of influenza and there are lots of children experiencing very high temperatures and they are experiencing the flu for much longer than we would expect."
From BBC
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