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Virulence Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ence

Virulence has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)

"the virulence of the plague"

2

extreme hostility

"the virulence of the malicious old man"

3

The state of being virulent.

See Also
scorch attenuation hypovirulence aggressin pertactin virulome virulotype virulentness
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
harmfulness hostility
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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