virulence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French virulence, from Late Latin virulentia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
virulence (countable and uncountable, plural virulences)
- The state of being virulent.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, page 61:
- Francis was enraged at the interference, and opposition made him more in earnest; but just at this time, the civil war, which had hitherto left their part of the country comparatively quiet, arose with great virulence in their immediate vicinity.
- A measure of how virulent a thing is.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the state of being virulent
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun[edit]
virulence f (plural virulences)
Further reading[edit]
- “virulence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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