Definitions for virulent
ˈvɪr yə lənt, ˈvɪr ə-vir·u·lent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deadly, venomous, virulentadjective

   extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

   "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

2. virulentadjective

   infectious; having the ability to cause disease

3. acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolicadjective

   harsh or corrosive in tone

   "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

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1. virulentadjective

   highly infectious, malignant or deadly.

2. virulentadjective

   Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.

   The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.

3. Etymology: From virus.

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1. virulent

   Virulent refers to something that is extremely severe, harmful, poisonous, or pathogenic in its effect. In the context of diseases or microbes, it refers to the degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of parasites, as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of a host or cause disease. It can also refer to malicious or hostile behavior or language in interpersonal interactions.

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1. Virulentadjective

   extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury

2. Virulentadjective

   very bitter in enmity; actuated by a desire to injure; malignant; as, a virulent invective

3. Etymology: [L. virulentus, fr. virus poison: cf. F. virulent. See Virus.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Virulent

   vir′ū-lent, adj. full of poison: very active in injury: bitter in enmity: malignant.—ns. Vir′ulence, Vir′ulency.—adv. Vir′ulently. [L. virulentus—virus, poison.]

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   The numerical value of virulent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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   The numerical value of virulent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of virulent in a Sentence

1. Gordon Chang:

   North Korea, for decades, has had the virulent anti-U.S. propaganda, north Korea’s all stopped.

2. John Mekalanos:

   This is really fascinating for understanding mechanistically another way to acquire genes that encode factors that make it virulent.

3. Mr Stergiopoulos:

   We have demonstrated that two of the three most serious banana fungal diseases have become more virulent by increasing their ability to manipulate the banana’s metabolic path ways and make use of its nutrients, this parallel change in metabolism of the pathogen and the host plant has been overlooked until now and may represent a ‘ molecular fingerprint ’ of the adaptation process.

4. Nikolai Petrovsky:

   The result of these experiments is a virus that is highly virulent in humans but is sufficiently different that it no longer resembles the original bat virus, because the mutations are acquired randomly by selection, there is no signature of a human gene jockey, but this is clearly a virus still created by human intervention.

5. Hannes Schroeder:

   Our ancestors lived in a different environment and had a different lifestyle and diet, and it is therefore interesting to find out how this is reflected in their microbiome,' it can help us understand how pathogens have evolved and spread over time, and what makes them particularly virulent in a given environment. At the same time, it may help predict how a pathogen will behave in the future, and how it might be contained or eradicated.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=virulent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Virulent
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/virulent
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=virulent