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Qué (quién) es virulent - definición

DEGREE TO WHICH A PATHOGEN IS CAPABLE OF INFECTING OR DAMAGING ITS HOST
Virulent; Avirulent; Virulences; Virulently; Virulency; Virulance; Virulent strain; Virulization; Virulisation

virulent         
['v?r?l(?)nt, 'v?rj?-]
¦ adjective
1. (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.
(of a pathogen, especially a virus) highly infective.
2. bitterly hostile.
Derivatives
virulence noun
virulently adverb
Origin
ME (orig. describing a poisoned wound): from L. virulentus, from virus (see virus).
virulent         
a.
1.
Poisonous, venomous, malignant, highly noxious.
2.
Malignant, acrimonious, bitter.
virulent         
1.
Virulent feelings or actions are extremely bitter and hostile. (FORMAL)
Now he faces virulent attacks from the Italian media...
= vicious
ADJ: usu ADJ n
virulently
The talk was virulently hostile to the leadership.
ADV: usu ADV adj
2.
A virulent disease or poison is extremely powerful and dangerous.
A very virulent form of the disease appeared in Belgium.
ADJ

Wikipedia

Virulence

Virulence is a pathogen's or microorganism's ability to cause damage to a host.

In most, especially in animal systems, virulence refers to the degree of damage caused by a microbe to its host. The pathogenicity of an organism—its ability to cause disease—is determined by its virulence factors. In the specific context of gene for gene systems, often in plants, virulence refers to a pathogen's ability to infect a resistant host.

The noun virulence derives from the adjective virulent, meaning disease severity. The word virulent derives from the Latin word virulentus, meaning "a poisoned wound" or "full of poison."

From an ecological standpoint, virulence is the loss of fitness induced by a parasite upon its host. Virulence can be understood in terms of proximate causes—those specific traits of the pathogen that help make the host ill—and ultimate causes—the evolutionary pressures that lead to virulent traits occurring in a pathogen strain.

Ejemplos de uso de virulent
1. The riots were at their most virulent in Cardiff.
2. The Taliban is waging a virulent insurgency in Afghanistan.
3. Ruben Costas, one of the Bolivian president‘s most virulent opponents.
4. "It‘s a very virulent and horrible virus," he said.
5. It also prompted a virulent reaction from the government.