virulent
21virulent — UK [ˈvɪrʊlənt] / US [ˈvɪrələnt] adjective 1) medical a virulent illness is very dangerous, and affects people very quickly an especially virulent form of malaria 2) mainly journalism virulent feelings or actions are extremely strong and angry… …
22Virulent — Extremely noxious, damaging, deleterious, disease causing (pathogenic). Marked by a rapid, severe, and malignant course. Poisonous, venomous. The virulence of a microorganism is a measure of the severity of the disease it causes. The word… …
23virulent — vir|u|lent [ˈvırulənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: virulentus, from virus; VIRUS] 1.) a poison, disease etc that is virulent is very dangerous and affects people very quickly ≠ ↑mild ▪ a particularly virulent form of influenza 2.)… …
24virulent — adjective 1) virulent herbicides Syn: poisonous, toxic, venomous, noxious, deadly, lethal, fatal, dangerous, harmful, injurious, pernicious, damaging, destructive; literary deathly Ant: harmless …
25VIRULENT — ENTE. adj. T. de Médec. Il se dit Des maladies produites par un virus. Il s emploie aussi figurément, et se dit surtout Des discours, des écrits où l on attaque avec violence. Écrit, discours virulent. Satire virulente. Style virulent …
26Virulent — Als Virulenz (von lat. virulentus „voller Gift“) bezeichnet man in der Mikrobiologie das Maß der Fähigkeit eines Krankheitserregers, eine Krankheit auszulösen. Wenn viele Zellen eines Pathogens benötigt werden um eine Krankheit auszulösen, nennt… …
27virulent — virulently, adv. /vir yeuh leuhnt, vir euh /, adj. 1. actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite. 2. Med. highly infective; malignant or deadly. 3. Bacteriol. causing clinical symptoms. 4. violently or spitefully hostile. 5.… …
28virulent — 1. aktiv, ansteckend, giftig, übertragbar; (Med.): infektiös, kontagiös, morbiphor, toxisch. 2. akut, dringend, [vor]dringlich, wichtig. * * * virulent:⇨ansteckend virulent 1.hochansteckend,krankheitserregend,infektiös,giftig,toxisch… …
29virulent — [ˈvɪrʊlənt] adj 1) a virulent illness is very dangerous and affects people very quickly 2) virulent feelings or actions are extremely strong and angry virulence noun [U] virulently adv …
30virulent — /ˈvɪrələnt / (say viruhluhnt) adjective 1. actively poisonous, malignant, or deadly: a virulent poison; a virulent form of a disease. 2. Medicine highly infective; malignant or deadly. 3. Bacteriology of the nature of an organism causing specific …
