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Virulence

//ˈvɪɹjələns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being virulent. countable, uncountable

    "Francis was enraged at the interference, and opposition made him more in earnest; but just at this time, the civil war, which had hitherto left their part of the country comparatively quiet, arose with great virulence in their immediate vicinity."

  2. 2
    extreme hostility wordnet
  3. 3
    A measure of how virulent a thing is. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French virulence, from Late Latin virulentia.

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