Virulence
31virulence — n 1. poisonousness, venomousness, ven omness, toxicity, deadliness, virulency; lethality, fatalness; noxiousness, harmfulness, hurtfulness, injuriousness, detrimentalness, detrimentality, deleteriousness, unwholesomeness, unhealthiness;… …
32virulence — vir·u·lence …
33virulence — n. the disease producing (pathogenic) ability of a microorganism. See also: attenuation …
34virulence — See: virulent …
35virulence — vir•u•lence [[t]ˈvɪr yə ləns, ˈvɪr ə [/t]] also vir′u•len•cy n. 1) the quality of being virulent 2) mcr the relative ability of a microorganism to cause disease; degree of pathogenicity 3) venomous hostility 4) intense sharpness of temper •… …
36virulence — /ˈvɪrələns/ (say viruhluhns) noun 1. the quality of being virulent; actively poisonous or malignant quality. 2. venomous hostility. 3. intense acrimony. Also, virulency …
37virulence — The degree of ability of an organism to cause disease. The relative infectiousness of a bacterium or virus, or its ability to overcome the resistance of the host metabolism …
38virulence — The ability of a microorganism to cause damage to its host …
39virulence factor — a substance or environmental factor that increases the pathogenicity of a disease causing microorganism …
40virulence gene — …