Defenition of the word virulence

• Defenition of the word virulence

  • The ability of a microorganism to cause damage to its host.
  • extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
  • extreme harmfulness; "the virulence of the plague"
  • extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague"
  • extreme hostility
  • extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)

Hypernyms for the word virulence

• • harmfulness
  • hostility
  • ill will
  • injuriousness

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