virulent form of a disease

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• 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

• 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 — adjective 1 formal virulent emotions or speeches are full of hatred and very strongly expressed: virulent anti Semitism 2 a poison, disease etc that is virulent is very dangerous and affects people very quickly: a virulent form of malaria… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• disease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of ill health Nouns 1. disease, illness, sickness, ailment, ailing; morbidity, infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; functional disorder. 2. condition, affliction,… …   English dictionary for students

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