Associations to the word «Virulence»

Wiktionary

VIRULENCE, noun. The state of being virulent
VIRULENCE, noun. A measure of how virulent a thing is

Dictionary definition

VIRULENCE, noun. Extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague".
VIRULENCE, noun. Extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.