virulence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: virulence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for virulence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virulence n extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague" Synonym(s): virulence, virulency extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man" Synonym(s): virulence, virulency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virulence \Vir"ulence\, Virulency \Vir"ulency\, n. [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.] 1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy. 2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. [bd]Refuted without satirical virulency.[b8] --Barrow. The virulence* of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. --I. Taylor.