Meanings
adjectiveavirulent (comparative more avirulent, superlative most avirulent)
comparative more avirulent · superlative most avirulent
- Not virulent.
An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.
2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot virulent; unable to produce disease
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Englisha-
- Englishvirulent
- Englishavirulent
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APA
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MLA
“avirulent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avirulent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avirulent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avirulent.
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