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81Pestilence — The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating. The plague was, a highly contagious, infectious, virulent, devastating disease due to a… …
82envenimer — [ ɑ̃v(ə)nime ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1119; de en et venin 1 ♦ Vx Imprégner de venin. ⇒ empoisonner. Envenimer une pointe de flèche. 2 ♦ (1400) Infecter (une blessure), la rendre plus difficilement curable. ⇒ enflammer, infecter, irriter.… …
83virulence — [ 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… …
84vir´u|lent|ly — vir|u|lent «VIHR yuh luhnt, VIHR uh », adjective. 1. very poisonous or harmful; deadly: »a virulent poison. SYNONYM(S): noxious. 2. characterized by a rapid and severe malignant or infectious condition: »a virulent disease. 3. able to cause a… …
85vir|u|lent — «VIHR yuh luhnt, VIHR uh », adjective. 1. very poisonous or harmful; deadly: »a virulent poison. SYNONYM(S): noxious. 2. characterized by a rapid and severe malignant or infectious condition: »a virulent disease. 3. able to cause a disease by… …
86Escherichia coli — E. coli redirects here. For the protozoan parasite, see Entamoeba coli. For the 2011 E.coli outbreak, see 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak. For a specific strain, see Escherichia coli (disambiguation). For Escherichia coli in molecular biology, see… …
87Clostridium difficile — C. difficile colonies on a blood agar plate …
88heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… …
89Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… …
90vaccine — Originally, the live v. (vaccinia, cowpox) virus inoculated in the skin as prophylaxis against smallpox and obtained from the skin of calves inoculated with seed virus. Usage has extended the meaning to include essentially any preparation… …
