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
Adjective
avirulent (strong nominative masculine singular avirulenter, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of avirulent (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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