avirulent
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]avirulent (comparative more avirulent, superlative most avirulent)
- Not virulent.
- 2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54:
- 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.
Related terms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]avirulent (strong nominative masculine singular avirulenter, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of avirulent (uncomparable)
Further reading
[edit]- “avirulent” in Duden online