virulency

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Immediately he sent for a dozen ferrets on which to test the virulency of the germs which were causing the Hagerstown trouble.

From Time Magazine Archive

These cultures, left alone without any possible external contamination, undergo, in the course of time, modifications of their virulency to a greater or less extent.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith

We seem to be approaching to that state which first made such restrictions necessary, and in the further course of time, the disease will probably fall off again, both in virulency and frequency.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

Hence comes the epidemical infection: for how can they escape the contagion of the writings whom the virulency of the calumnies hath not staved off from reading?”

From Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society by Morley, Henry

Satirical virulency may vex men sorely, but it hardly ever soundly converts them. 

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac