Meanings
nounviral load (plural viral loads)
plural viral loads
- medicineA measure of the severity of a viral infection based on the amount of virus in a bodily fluid.
Synonyms: viral burden, viral titre//viral titer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA measure of the severity of a viral infection based on the amount of virus in a bodily fluid.
Similar
viral burdenviral titre//viral titer
Translations
Catalan càrrega viral
- càrrega viralmeasure of the severity of a viral infection
Chinese Mandarin 病毒載量 /病毒载量, 病毒負荷 /病毒负荷
- 病毒載量 /病毒载量 (bìngdú zàiliàng)measure of the severity of a viral infection
- 病毒負荷 /病毒负荷 (bìngdú fùhè)measure of the severity of a viral infection
Czech virová nálož
- virová náložmeasure of the severity of a viral infection
Finnish viruskuorma
- viruskuormameasure of the severity of a viral infection
French charge virale
- charge viralemeasure of the severity of a viral infection
German Viruslast
- Viruslastmeasure of the severity of a viral infection
Greek ιικό φορτίο
- ιικό φορτίο (iikó fortío)measure of the severity of a viral infection
Hungarian vírusterhelés
- vírusterhelésmeasure of the severity of a viral infection
Italian titolazione virale
- titolazione viralemeasure of the severity of a viral infection
Portuguese carga viral
- carga viralmeasure of the severity of a viral infection
Russian ви́русная нагру́зка
- ви́русная нагру́зка (vírusnaja nagrúzka)measure of the severity of a viral infection
Spanish carga viral
- carga viralmeasure of the severity of a viral infection
Ukrainian ві́русне наванта́ження
- ві́русне наванта́ження (vírusne navantážennja)measure of the severity of a viral infection
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“viral load.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viral%20load. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viral load,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viral%20load.
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