virulence
— Noun
– English
～ extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague"
virulence
— Noun
– English
～ extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
virulency
— Noun
– English
～ extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
virulency
— Noun
– English
～ extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague"
virulent
— Adjective
– English
～ infectious; having the ability to cause disease
virulent
— Adjective
– English
～ extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
virulent
— Adjective
– English
～ 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"
virulently
— Adverb
– English
～ in a virulent manner; "an old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face"
variola virus
— Noun
– English
～ the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
variola minor virus
— Noun
– English
～ a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
variola major virus
— Noun
– English
～ a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
virus
— Noun
– English
～ (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
virus
— Noun
– English
～ a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
virus infection
— Noun
– English
～ infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
virus
— Noun
– English
～ a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"
virusoid
— Noun
– English
～ the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat
vis major
— Noun
– English
～ a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
vis-a-vis
— Noun
– English
～ a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
vis-a-vis
— Noun
– English
～ small sofa that seats two people
vis-a-vis
— Adverb
– English
～ face-to-face with; literally `face to face'; "they sat vis-a-vis at the table"; "I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman"