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antivirulence

antivirulence adjective: that reduces the virulence of a bacterium without necessarily killing it.

Adjective

antivirulence (not comparable)

  1. That reduces the virulence of a bacterium without necessarily killing it

Origin of antivirulence

From anti- + virulence.

Questions about antivirulence

What does antivirulence mean?
Antivirulence means that reduces the virulence of a bacterium without necessarily killing it.
What part of speech is antivirulence?
Antivirulence is an adjective.

Words near antivirulence in the dictionary

  1. antiviral
  2. antivirally
  3. antivirals
  4. antivirotic
  5. antivirotics
  6. antivirulence
  7. antivirus
  8. antiviruses
  9. antivitalism
  10. antivitalist
  11. antivitalistic

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