virulence
/ˈvɪɹjələns/
virulence noun: the state of being virulent.
Noun
virulence (countable and uncountable, plural virulences)
- The state of being virulent.
- Most strains of this virus have no virulence.
- 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 61
- The degree of how virulent a thing is.
- This strain has higher virulence than most others.
virulence meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
virulence in Tamil
- நச்சுத்தன்மை, வீரியம், தீவிர நோய் உண்டாக்கும், உக்கிரம், தொற்றுப்பண்பு மிகைப்பு
virulence in Urdu
- زہریلی تاثیر
virulence in Bengali
- the state of being virulent
- প্রকোপ prokōp
virulence in Telugu
- virulence
- తీవ్రత tīvrata
More languagesFewer languages
- virulence in Arabic
- حدة الجرثوم
- virulence in Indonesian
- bakteri virulen
- virulence in Persian
- ویرولانس
- virulence in Thai
- ศักยภาพก่อโรค
- virulence in Vietnamese
- độc lực
Forms of virulence
| plural | virulences |
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Origin of virulence
From Middle French virulence, from Late Latin virulentia.
Words formed from virulence
Questions about virulence
- What does virulence mean?
- Virulence means the state of being virulent.
- What is virulence in Tamil?
- Virulence in Tamil is நச்சுத்தன்மை, வீரியம், தீவிர நோய் உண்டாக்கும். See Virulence meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is virulence?
- Virulence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce virulence?
- Virulence is pronounced /ˈvɪɹjələns/.
- What is the plural of virulence?
- The plural of virulence is virulences.
Words near virulence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: virulence (page history and authors); virulence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virulence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తీవ్రత (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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