avirulent

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ā vir′yə lənt, ā vir′ə-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•vir•u•lent  (ā vir′yə lənt, ā vir′ə-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Microbiology(of organisms) having no virulence, as a result of age, heat, etc.;
    nonpathogenic.
  • a-6 + virulent 1895–1900
a•vir′u•lence, n. 

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