Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

avirulent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: avir-u-lent
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English virulent English avirulent From a- + virulent.

Inflected Forms

more avirulent (comparative) most avirulent (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

avirulence avirulency

Questions

What does avirulent mean?: Not virulent.
Where does avirulent come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English virulent English avirulent From a- + virulent.

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