Examples of 'virulent' in a sentence
Meaning of "virulent"
virulent (adjective): Extremely severe or harmful in its effects, often in relation to diseases or toxins. This term is used to describe the intensity or aggressiveness of a particular strain of pathogen or the severity of a particular behavior or ideology
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- Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.
- Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious.
- Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.
- Of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis.
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The bioagent is more virulent than we thought.
Of the virulent organisms trooping through my microvilli.
The first sign of a virulent form of cancer.
Virulent and transmitted through simple contact.
Polypoid melanoma is a virulent variant of nodular melanoma.
Virulent phages reproduce only by a lytic cycle.
Some will be more virulent than others.
Virulent strains are causative agents of paralytic poliomyelitis.
This is a particularly virulent type of computer virus.
The more harmful viruses are described as virulent.
A strain that virulent has to be artificially introduced.
My first thought is an extremely virulent form of syphilis.
Far more virulent than what we make.
Looks like some kind of virulent fungus.
From a virulent and fatal poison.
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Mutants can be produced which are less virulent.
He believes a highly virulent new strain is to blame.
This strain of the phage is particularly virulent.
Sulfur is a particularly virulent poison to reforming catalysts.
The reaction with water is quite virulent.
It is not pathogenic or virulent to humans or animals.
Ebola could mutate to become more virulent.
Revealed a virulent form of bacterial meningitis.
The disease was particularly virulent in the city.
But more virulent than any known specie.
That is one of the more virulent viruses.
A virulent inflation ensues approximate date.
The plague is more virulent than ever.
They are obviously stronger and more virulent.
And a very virulent one it is too.
It should be remembered that criticism is a virulent poison.
It is more virulent and rare than bubonic plague.
These bacterial strains tend to be less virulent.
It is a virulent attack on several named women.
It could mutate and become more virulent.
Playing on a virulent national appetite for bogus revelation.
The disease has assumed a virulent form.
A particularly virulent flu strain is expected.
In their case the poison is not so virulent.
Afflictions with the virulent trait are harder to remove.
These regulators enhance resistance to virulent viruses.
Noma is a virulent gangrene that develops in the mouth.
Not confirm the absence of a virulent virus.
It is more virulent and rarer than bubonic plague.
A soaring inflation and then a virulent stagflation.
A virulent systemic infection leading to death.
One disease that was particularly virulent was leprosy.
The virulent material is primarily droppings.
This is specifically about a virulent strain of online harassment.
Less virulent bird flu may infect humans.
