- highly infective
- adjective(of a microorganism) extremely infective-
a highly infective organism
• Similar to: ↑virulent• Topics: ↑microorganism, ↑micro-organism
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highly infective
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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 …
virulence — virulent ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects. 2) (of a pathogen, especially a virus) highly infective. 3) bitterly hostile. DERIVATIVES virulence noun virulently adverb. ORIGIN originally describing… … English terms dictionary
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virulently — virulent ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects. 2) (of a pathogen, especially a virus) highly infective. 3) bitterly hostile. DERIVATIVES virulence noun virulently adverb. ORIGIN originally describing… … English terms dictionary
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