"virulent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɪɹ(j)ʊl(ə)nt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ɹ(j)ə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɪɹ(j)ələnt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-virulent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more virulent [comparative], most virulent [superlative]
Etymology: PIE word *wisós From Middle English virulent (“leaking or seeping pus, purulent; (of putrefaction) extremely severe (sense uncertain)”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin vīrulentus (“poisonous”), from vīrus (“poison; venom; slime, slimy liquid; stinking smell; nasty taste”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”)) + -ulentus (suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’, forming adjectives). Sense 4 (“of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis”) is derived from French virulent, which was first used in this sense by the French biologist François Jacob (1920–2013) and his co-authors in a 1953 article. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*wisós}} *wisós, {{PIE word|en|wisós}} PIE word *wisós, {{inh|en|enm|virulent|t=leaking or seeping pus, purulent; (of putrefaction) extremely severe (sense uncertain)}} Middle English virulent (“leaking or seeping pus, purulent; (of putrefaction) extremely severe (sense uncertain)”), {{nb...|verelent, virulente|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|en|la|vīrulentus|t=poisonous}} Latin vīrulentus (“poisonous”), {{m|la|vīrus|t=poison; venom; slime, slimy liquid; stinking smell; nasty taste}} vīrus (“poison; venom; slime, slimy liquid; stinking smell; nasty taste”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wisós|t=poison; slime; fluidity}} Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime; fluidity”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{m|la|-ulentus|pos=suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’, forming adjectives}} -ulentus (suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’, forming adjectives), {{der|en|fr|virulent}} French virulent, {{nb...|éditeurs, Libraris de l’Académie de Médecine, 120, Boulevard Saint-Germain}} […] Head templates: {{en-adj}} virulent (comparative more virulent, superlative most virulent)
  1. Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous. Translations (extremely venomous or poisonous): силно отровен (silno otroven) (Bulgarian), jehrewî (Northern Kurdish), giftig (Norwegian Bokmål), virulento (Portuguese), вирулѐнтно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), virulèntno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-virulent-en-adj-iEISaJ2A Disambiguation of 'extremely venomous or poisonous': 52 37 2 8
  2. (figurative) Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious. Tags: figuratively Translations (extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious): злобен (zloben) (Bulgarian), враждебен (vraždeben) (Bulgarian), nepřátelský [masculine] (Czech), katkera (Finnish), vihamielinen (Finnish), virulent (French), ondskapsfull (Norwegian Bokmål), giftig (Norwegian Bokmål), virulent (Norwegian Bokmål), virulent (Romanian), вирулѐнтно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), virulèntno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-virulent-en-adj-hars3P0F Disambiguation of 'extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious': 8 86 2 4
  3. (medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (malignant, able to cause damage to the host): болестотворен (bolestotvoren) (Bulgarian), virulent (Catalan), virulentní (Czech), nakažlivý [masculine] (Czech), virulenta (Esperanto), tappava (Finnish), tarttuva (Finnish), vahingollinen (Finnish), virulent (French), გადამდები (gadamdebi) (Georgian), სასიკვდილო (sasiḳvdilo) (Georgian), სენიანი (seniani) (Georgian), virulent (German), extrem ansteckend (German), virulens (Hungarian), заразен (zarazen) (Macedonian), virulent (Norwegian Bokmål), virulento (Portuguese), virulent (Romanian), заразный (zaraznyj) (Russian), вирулѐнтно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), virulèntno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-virulent-en-adj-2wk~q-Ka Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'malignant, able to cause damage to the host': 2 4 89 6
  4. (microbiology) Of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis. Categories (topical): Microbiology Translations (of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis): virulento (Portuguese), вирулѐнтно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), virulèntno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-virulent-en-adj-N-4axRHD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ent Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 13 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 26 11 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ent: 21 23 17 39 Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis': 4 4 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: virulence, virulency [dated], virus, pathogenic

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      "code": "de",
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