virulence

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French virulence, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin virulentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɹjələns/, /ˈvɪɹələns/

Noun

virulence (countable and uncountable, plural virulences)

1. The state of being virulent.
2. A measure of how virulent a thing is.

Derived terms

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