virulent disease
1virulent — [[t]vɪ̱rjʊlənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Virulent feelings or actions are extremely bitter and hostile. [FORMAL] Now he faces virulent attacks from the Italian media... Friends spoke of a virulent personal campaign being waged against him.… …
2virulent — vir•u•lent [[t]ˈvɪr yə lənt, ˈvɪr ə [/t]] adj. 1) pat actively poisonous; intensely noxious 2) med highly infective: a virulent disease[/ex] 3) violently or spitefully hostile 4) intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME …
3virulent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects. 2) (of a pathogen, especially a virus) highly infective. 3) bitterly hostile. DERIVATIVES virulence noun virulently adverb. ORIGIN originally describing a… …
4virulent — [vir′yo͞olənt, vir′oolənt] adj. [ME < L virulentus, full of poison < virus: see VIRUS] 1. a) extremely poisonous or injurious; deadly b) bitterly antagonistic or spiteful; full of hate and enmity; venomous; rancorous 2. Med. a) violent and… …
5Virulent — 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… …
6disease — diseasedly, adv. diseasedness, n. /di zeez /, n., v., diseased, diseasing. n. 1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection,… …
7virulent — adjective 1 formal virulent emotions or speeches are full of hatred and very strongly expressed: virulent anti Semitism 2 a poison, disease etc that is virulent is very dangerous and affects people very quickly: a virulent form of malaria… …
8disease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of ill health Nouns 1. disease, illness, sickness, ailment, ailing; morbidity, infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; functional disorder. 2. condition, affliction,… …
9virulent — 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.)… …
10virulent — /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 …
