virulent

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, mordacious, noxious, pernicious, poison, poisonous, rancorous, spiteful, toxic, treacherous, unfriendly, venomous, violent II index antipathetic (distasteful), bitter (penetrating), caustic, chronic, dangerous, deleterious, fatal, harsh, insalubrious, lethal, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mordacious, noxious, peccant (unhealthy), pernicious, pestilent, ruthless, scathing, sinister, spiteful, toxic, vicious

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  • 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 — VIRULÉNT, Ă, virulenţi, te, adj. Care are o mare toxicitate; care este în stare să producă boli; (despre boli) care este cauzat de un virus. ♦ fig. Distrugător, nimicitor; de o mare violenţă. – Din fr. virulent, lat. virulentus. Trimis de ana… …   Dicționar Român

  • 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 — virulent, ente (vi ru lan, lan t ) adj. 1°   Terme de médecine. Qui tient de la nature du virus, qui est causé par un virus. Les maladies virulentes. 2°   Fig. En parlant des discours, des écrits que l on compare à une humeur virulente.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 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

  • virulent — Virulent, [virul]ente. adj. Qui a du virus. Un ulcere virulent …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • virulent — Adj. (Oberstufe) geh.: gefahrvoll und daher dringlich Synonyme: akut, dringend, vordringlich, wichtig Beispiel: Die Frage angemessener Theorieanwendung und entsprechender Unterstützung der Bildungspraxis wird virulent. Kollokation: ein virulentes …   Extremes Deutsch

  • Virulent — (v. lat.), 1) giftig; 2) voll böser Säfte, eiterig. Daher Virulenz, 1) die eiterige, bösartige Beschaffenheit einer Wunde; 2) die Bosheit, der Ingrimm …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Virulént — (lat.), giftig, besonders von Bazillen gebraucht …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Virulént — (lat.), giftig; Virulénz, die Fähigkeit der pathogenen Bakterien, giftige Produkte auszuscheiden und eine Erkrankung hervorzurufen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Virulent — Virulent, lat. deutsch, eiterig, giftig; Virulenz, eiterige Beschaffenheit, verbissener Ingrimm …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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