Associations to the word «Virus»
Noun
- Influenza
- Hepatitis
- Epstein
- Replication
- Rna
- Vaccine
- Flu
- Hiv
- Barr
- Mosaic
- Bacterium
- Pathogen
- Infection
- Smallpox
- Genome
- Antibody
- Subtype
- Leukemia
- Antigen
- Aids
- Mosquito
- Lymphocyte
- Vaccination
- Swine
- Polymerase
- Microorganism
- Fungus
- Lymphoma
- Arthropod
- Microbe
- Parasite
- Tick
- Saliva
- Sore
- Dna
- Vector
- Nile
- Strain
- Epidemic
- Immunity
- Outbreak
- Toxin
- Budding
- Fever
- Assay
- Serum
- Progeny
- Syphilis
- Quarantine
- Disease
- Genes
- Mutant
- Mrna
- Shingle
- Cell
- Helper
- Transcription
- Lymph
- Carcinoma
- Diarrhea
- Apoptosis
- Cucumber
- Beet
- Protein
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
VIRUS, noun. (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
VIRUS, noun. (pathology) (microbiology) (virology) A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
VIRUS, noun. A disease caused by these organisms.
VIRUS, noun. (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
VIRUS, proper noun. The taxonomic kingdom made up of the viruses, submicroscopic non-cellular structures consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that require a living host cell to replicate, and often cause disease in the host.
Dictionary definition
VIRUS, noun. (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein.
VIRUS, noun. A harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone".
VIRUS, noun. A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance".
Wise words
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