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Main Entry:
vir·u·lence
[
vir
-y
uh
-l
uh
ns
,
vir
-
uh
-
]
/
ˈvɪr
yə
ləns
,
ˈvɪr
ə-
/
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virulence
Main Entry:
virulence
Part of Speech:
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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry:
virulence
Part of Speech:
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Example Sentences
But
virulence
can't be tested in fatal human infections, and tests for virus concentrations weren't performed.
The
virulence
of some of these comments is striking.
The big brains of international finance were shocked by both the sudden onset of the crisis and its
virulence
.
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But
virulence
can't be tested in fatal human infections, and tests for virus concentrations weren't performed.
The
virulence
of some of these comments is striking.
The big brains of international finance were shocked by both the sudden onset of the crisis and its
virulence
.
He believes that some biological jujitsu could turn biofilms'
virulence
into a force for good.
It seemed that
virulence
was easier to lose than enhance.
Much of the crisis'
virulence
came from the fact that the financial system had stopped working.
Whether the mutations are actually linked to the
virulence
of the disease remains to be verified.
Physicists denote the
virulence
of dark energy by a number called w, the equation of state.
The
virulence
of the recent contagion raises troubling questions about financial markets.
These defects are apparently the reason for the virus's relative lack of
virulence
.
But the
virulence
of the public attack that soon occurred, and its source, remain a mystery.
The concept of germs was unknown then, and the
virulence
of the contagion was beyond all experience.
The three come from different viruses and carry different kinds of danger, depending on ease of transmission and
virulence
.
Bacteria only express
virulence
factors when they are at a high enough concentration so that they detect quorum sensing.
One of the experiments of concern outlined by the committee is research that enhances the
virulence
of a pathogen.
The new study sheds light on the prevalence and
virulence
of the headline-grabbing bacteria involved in numerous outbreaks.
Driving toxoplasma's specific
virulence
is its two-stage life cycle and its shifting definition of a suitable host.
Phobic racism was simply less entrenched than the imagery of redneck
virulence
suggests.
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