Associations to the word «Virus»
Noun
- Microbiology
- Nucleotide
- Techno
- Pneumonia
- Rodent
- Transmission
- Tumor
- Particle
- Organism
- Antidote
- Mutation
- Sequencing
- Host
- Antibiotic
- Susceptibility
- Chimpanzee
- Worm
- Inflammation
- Blister
- Positive
- Syndrome
- Epidemiology
- Vertebrate
- Hacker
- Paralysis
- Symmetry
- Malaria
- Mite
- Contaminant
- Primate
- Microscopy
- Zombie
- Germ
- Soybean
- Envelope
- Poultry
- Insecticide
- Scanner
- Genetic
- Amplification
- Vesicle
- Yeast
- Human
- Contamination
- Symptom
- Dependent
- Tomato
- Anemia
- Lipid
- Gene
- Liver
- Curl
- Cure
- Detecting
- Inhibitor
- Hoax
- Containment
- Droplet
- Contracting
- Insect
- Membrane
- Spread
- Cns
- Clade
- Trojan
- Sclerosis
- Subunit
- Microscope
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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