All 3 Uses of
virulent
in
Jurassic Park
- The vaccine consisted of live rabies virus, genetically modified to be nonvirulent.
p. 43.4nonvirulent = not harmfulstandard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nonvirulent means not and reverses the meaning of virulent. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
- But the virulence hadn't been tested; Biosyn didn't know whether the virus could still cause rabies or not.†
p. 43.4
- Dr. Wu explained that their DNA work required the interruption of cellular mitosis at precise instants, and therefore they kept some of the most virulent poisons in the world.
p. 117.8 *virulent = extremely harmful
Definition:
of disease: very bad -- perhaps very contagious
or
harsh or hateful
or
harsh or hateful