Avirulent

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    not virulent; unable to produce disease wordnet

Example

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"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.

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