- a variation of virulence.
virulency
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Immediately he sent for a dozen ferrets on which to test the virulency of the germs which were causing the Hagerstown trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thirdly, from the virulency of the liquor it ejects, and the sad effects and symptoms that follow it.
From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Robert Hooke
Satirical virulency may vex men sorely, but it hardly ever soundly converts them.
From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Isaac Barrow
The veterinarian is in no position to estimate the virulency of organisms so introduced; neither can he determine the exact degree of resistance possessed by the subject in any given case.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
The mortality at times has proved very great in this disease when it has appeared with unusual virulency.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
