virulence

virulence
Synonyms and related words:
acerbity, acid, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, amperage, animality, animosity, animus, antagonism, armipotence, asperity, astringency, atrocity, authority, bad blood, balefulness, banefulness, barbarity, beef, bile, bite, bitter feeling, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, black power, bloodlust, brutality, brute force, causticity, charge, charisma, choler, clout, cogence, cogency, communicability, compulsion, contagiousness, deadliness, destructiveness, detrimentalness, dint, drive, duress, edge, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, energy, extremity, fatality, ferociousness, feud, fierceness, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force, furiousness, gall, gnashing of teeth, grip, hard feelings, harmfulness, harshness, hatred, heartburning, hostility, hurtfulness, ill blood, ill feeling, ill will, impetuosity, inclemency, infectiousness, infectivity, influence, inhumanity, injuriousness, intensity, keenness, lethality, main force, main strength, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, mana, mercilessness, might, might and main, mightiness, mindlessness, mischievousness, mordacity, mordancy, mortality, moxie, murderousness, muscle power, noisomeness, noxiousness, ominousness, perniciousness, pitilessness, pizzazz, poignancy, point, poison, poisonousness, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch, push, rancor, rankling, resentment, rigor, roughness, savagery, severity, sharpness, sinew, slow burn, soreness, sourness, spite, spleen, steam, sting, strength, stridency, stringency, strong arm, superiority, superpower, tartness, teeth, terrorism, toxicity, trenchancy, ungentleness, unhealthiness, validity, vandalism, vehemence, vendetta, venom, venomousness, viciousness, vigor, vim, violence, virility, virtue, virulency, vitality, vitriol, wattage, weight

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  • virulence — [ virylɑ̃s ] n. f. • v. 1370 « pus »; rare av. XVIIIe; lat. virulentia « infection » 1 ♦ Méd. Vx Caractère virulent. « La virulence de ses humeurs » (Voltaire). ♢ Fig. Âpreté, violence. Virulence d une critique. « Bien qu ils protestent avec… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Virulence — (also called pestiferousness) refers to the degree of pathogenicity of a microbe, or in other words the relative ability of a microbe to cause disease.The word virulent , which is the adjective for virulence, derives from the Latin word… …   Wikipedia

  • Virulence — Vir u*lence, Virulency Vir u*len*cy, n. [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.] 1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy. [1913 Webster] 2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • virulence — virulence. См. вирулентность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • virulence — index fatality, force (strength), harm, rancor, severity, spite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • virulence — (n.) 1660s (virulency attested from 1610s), from L. virulentia, from virulentus (see VIRULENT (Cf. virulent)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • virulence — [vir′yo͞olən sē, vir′oolən sēvir′yoo ləns, vir′ooləns] n. [LL virulentia] 1. the quality of being virulent, or very poisonous, noxious, malignant, etc. 2. bitter animosity; venom; rancor 3. the relative infectiousness of a microorganism causing… …   English World dictionary

  • Virulence — Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Virulence », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) La virulence désigne le caractère pathogène, nocif et violent d un micro organisme (bactérie ou champignon). La virulence d un pathogène …   Wikipédia en Français

  • virulence — (vi ru lan s ) s. f. 1°   Qualité de ce qui est virulent. •   Ces bruits [sur la phthiriase] ont fait croire qu Hérode faisait égorger des enfants pour se baigner dans leur sang, et adoucir par ce remède la virulence de ses humeurs, VOLT. Philos …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • virulence — [[t]vɪ̱rjʊləns[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N of n Virulence is great bitterness and hostility. [FORMAL] The virulence of the café owner s anger had appalled her. 2) N UNCOUNT The virulence of a disease or poison is its ability to harm or kill people… …   English dictionary

  • Virulence — The ability of any agent of infection to produce disease. The virulence of a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) is a measure of the severity of the disease it is capable of causing. The adjective virulent implies extremely noxious,… …   Medical dictionary

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