Definition of Hypervirulent

1. Adjective. Extremely virulent. ¹

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Definition of Hypervirulent

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypervirulent

hyperventilations
hyperventilative
hyperventilator
hyperventilators
hyperverbal
hypervertex
hypervertices
hypervibration
hypervibrations
hypervigilance
hypervigilances
hypervigilant
hyperviolence
hyperviolent
hypervirulence
hypervirulent (current term)
hyperviscosities
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity syndrome
hypervisible
hypervisor
hypervisors
hypervitaminoses
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis A
hypervitaminosis D
hypervivid
hypervolaemia
hypervolaemic
hypervolemia

Literary usage of Hypervirulent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"As a preliminary to the use of such hypervirulent cultures attenuated cultures may be employed. The important question whether the bactericidal factor in ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Multinucleate cells were observed to be numerous in the lymphoid and haemolymph tissues of cattle given hypervirulent culture virus; syncytia were also ..."

3. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products: Bibliography January 1990 by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"... Strains; Virulence Abstract: The hypervirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain A281 formed frequent tumors (31%) on Picea abies (Norway spruce), ..."

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