virulent-virulento: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is virulent? virulent is virulento

What is virulento?

  • Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.
  • Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen.
  • Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful: virulent criticism. See Synonyms at poisonous.
  • Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh.

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