VIRULENCE
virulence, virulency
(noun) extreme hostility; “the virulence of the malicious old man”
virulence, virulency
(noun) extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); “the virulence of the plague”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
virulence (countable and uncountable, plural virulences)
The state of being virulent.
A measure of how virulent a thing is.
Source: Wiktionary
Vir"u*lence, Vir"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [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. "Refuted without satirical virulency." Barrow. The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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