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virulence

  • /ˈvɪɹjələns/
  • /ˈvɪɹələns/

Where it comes from

From Middle French virulence, from Late Latin virulentia.

noun virulences

  1. countable, uncountable The state of being virulent. Most strains of this virus have no virulence.
  2. countable, uncountable The degree of how virulent a thing is. This strain has higher virulence than most others.

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noun the state of being virulent

Españolvirulencia
Portuguêsvirulência
Françaisvirulence
DeutschVirulenz
Italianovirulenza
Ελληνικάλοιμοτοξικότητα loimotoxikótita, μολυσματικότητα molysmatikótita
Русскийвирулентность virulentnostʹ
Tiếng Việtđộc lực
العربيةحدة الجرثوم

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@misc{virulence_2026,
  title = {virulence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/virulence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}