Avirulent
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not virulent.
"An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination."
Adjective
- 1 not virulent; unable to produce disease wordnet
Example
More examples"An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination."
Etymology
From a- + virulent.