Hypervirulent

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely virulent.

    "“But in the past few years the bugs have become hypervirulent, more severe and now it’s a global threat.”"

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"“But in the past few years the bugs have become hypervirulent, more severe and now it’s a global threat.”"

Etymology

From hyper- + virulent.

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