virulent poison

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• virulent — /ˈvɪrələnt / (say viruhluhnt) adjective 1. actively poisonous, malignant, or deadly: a virulent poison; a virulent form of a disease. 2. Medicine highly infective; malignant or deadly. 3. Bacteriology of the nature of an organism causing specific …  

• virulent — virulent, ente [ virylɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • v. 1370 « infectieux, contagieux »; lat. virulentus « venimeux », de virus → virus 1 ♦ Vx Infectieux, contagieux. ♢ (1866) Mod. Qui a un certain degré de virulence (2o). Microbe très virulent. 2 ♦ (1751) Fig …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Virulent — Vir u*lent, a. [L. virulentus, fr. virus poison: cf. F. virulent. See {Virus}.] 1. Extremely poisonous or venomous; very active in doing injury. [1913 Webster] A contagious disorder rendered more virulent by uncleanness. Sir W. Scott. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• virulent — [adj1] poisonous, lethal baneful, deadly, destructive, fatal, harmful, infective, injurious, malign, malignant, mephitic, pernicious, poison, septic, toxic, toxicant, unhealthy, unwholesome, venomous; concepts 537,571 Ant. harmless, healthy,… …   New thesaurus

• poison — index contaminate, degenerate, infect, pervert, pollute, taint (contaminate), virulent, vitiate …   Law dictionary

• poison — [n] substance that causes harm, death adulteration, bacteria, bane, blight, cancer, contagion, contamination, corruption, germ, infection, malignancy, miasma, toxicant, toxin, toxoid, venin, venom, virus; concepts 307,475,674,675 Ant. antidote… …   New thesaurus

• virulent — I adjective acerbus, acrid, acrimonious, antagonistic, baleful, baneful, bitter, deadly, deleterious, despiteful, destructive, envenomed, gravis, harmful, hateful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, lethal, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant,… …   Law dictionary

• virulent — (adj.) c.1400, in reference to wounds, ulcers, etc., full of corrupt or poisonous matter, from L. virulentus poisonous, from virus poison (see VIRUS (Cf. virus)). Figurative sense of violent, spiteful is attested from c.1600. Related: Virulently …   Etymology dictionary

• virulent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects. 2) (of a pathogen, especially a virus) highly infective. 3) bitterly hostile. DERIVATIVES virulence noun virulently adverb. ORIGIN originally describing a… …   English terms dictionary

• virulent — [vir′yo͞olənt, vir′oolənt] adj. [ME < L virulentus, full of poison < virus: see VIRUS] 1. a) extremely poisonous or injurious; deadly b) bitterly antagonistic or spiteful; full of hate and enmity; venomous; rancorous 2. Med. a) violent and… …   English World dictionary

• virulent — [[t]vɪ̱rjʊlənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Virulent feelings or actions are extremely bitter and hostile. [FORMAL] Now he faces virulent attacks from the Italian media... Friends spoke of a virulent personal campaign being waged against him.… …   English dictionary