avirulent
English
Etymology
Adjective
avirulent (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
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaviʁuˌlɛnt]
- Hyphenation: avi‧ru‧lent
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Adjective
avirulent (strong nominative masculine singular avirulenter, not comparable)
- (medicine)
Declension
Positive forms of avirulent (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist avirulent | sie ist avirulent | es ist avirulent | sie sind avirulent | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | avirulenter | avirulente | avirulentes | avirulente |
genitive | avirulenten | avirulenter | avirulenten | avirulenter | |
dative | avirulentem | avirulenter | avirulentem | avirulenten | |
accusative | avirulenten | avirulente | avirulentes | avirulente | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der avirulente | die avirulente | das avirulente | die avirulenten |
genitive | des avirulenten | der avirulenten | des avirulenten | der avirulenten | |
dative | dem avirulenten | der avirulenten | dem avirulenten | den avirulenten | |
accusative | den avirulenten | die avirulente | das avirulente | die avirulenten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein avirulenter | eine avirulente | ein avirulentes | (keine) avirulenten |
genitive | eines avirulenten | einer avirulenten | eines avirulenten | (keiner) avirulenten | |
dative | einem avirulenten | einer avirulenten | einem avirulenten | (keinen) avirulenten | |
accusative | einen avirulenten | eine avirulente | ein avirulentes | (keine) avirulenten |
Further reading
- “avirulent” in Duden online