adj :  tending to be more virulent than average - used esp. of strains of diphtheria bacilli; - see ICTERUS GRAVIS ICTERUS GRAVIS NEONATORUM MYASTHENIA GRAVIS  - compare INTERMEDIUS MITIS  .
 
    
 
Similar sounding terms:  crev·ice 
 
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