avirulent
English
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editavirulent (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
editGerman
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editavirulent (strong nominative masculine singular avirulenter, not comparable)
Declension
editPositive forms of avirulent (uncomparable)
Further reading
edit- “avirulent” in Duden online