VIRULENCE


Meaning of VIRULENCE in English

1.

Virulence is great bitterness and hostility. (FORMAL)

The ~ of the cafe owner’s anger had appalled her.

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2.

The ~ of a disease or poison is its ability to harm or kill people or animals.

Medical authorities were baffled, both as to its causes and its ~.

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