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单词 virulence
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virulence

/ˈvɪrʊl(ə)ns / /ˈvɪrjʊl(ə)ns /
noun [mass noun]
1The severity or harmfulness of a disease or poison: the proportion of birds which die depends on the virulence of the virus...
  • Some of the new genes may contribute to the organism's virulence.
  • Pasteur's breakthrough with the principle of attenuating viruses—reducing their virulence—came in 1876.
  • The leishmania genes that determine virulence will be identified.
2Bitter hostility; rancour: poverty increases the incidence and virulence of racism...
  • Even the wording of the wedding invitation has stirred up interfamilial virulence.
  • What's interesting is the virulence of opinion on the opposing sides.
  • The virulence of sectarianism there remains a major threat to the newly devolved institutions.
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