See Also: hypovirulence(medicine)

quaking (iou) and hypovirulence (medicine)


quaking (iou)



quaking ppl adjective. OE.
[from QUAKE verb + -ING2.]
That quakes. OE.
That is or is like a member of the Society of Friends. M17-M18.
Special collocations: quaking aspen a N. American aspen, Populus tremuloides. quaking bog bog-land formed over water or soft mud, which shakes underfoot. quaking-grass any of several grasses of the genus Briza, esp. B. media, with broad laterally compressed spikelets dangling on slender pedicels. quaking pudding a pudding made from breadcrumbs, cream, eggs, and spices.
quakingly adverb M16.

hypovirulence (medicine)


hypovirulence


Where a disease-causing organism is less able to cause the disease, or where the disease which results is milder. Decreased virulence in a pathogen.