virulence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
the virulence of the plague
Types & categories
- harmfulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- virulent derivation
- virulent derivation
- microorganism domain topic
Sense 2 noun
extreme hostility
the virulence of the malicious old man
Types & categories
- hostility hypernym
Related & opposite
- acid derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | virulent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | virulent |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | microorganism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | harmfulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hostility |