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English
Etymology
From Middle French virulence, from Late Latin virulentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪɹjələns/, /ˈvɪɹələns/
Noun
virulence (countable and uncountable, plural virulences)
- The state of being virulent.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. , volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 61:Francis was enraged at the interference, and opposition made him more in earnest; but just at this time, the civil war, which had hitherto left their part of the country comparatively quiet, arose with great virulence in their immediate vicinity.
- A measure of how virulent a thing is.
Derived terms
Translations
the state of being virulent
French
Pronunciation
Noun
virulence f (plural virulences)
- virulence
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