Meaning of virus | Babel Free

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1. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
   countable, uncountable
2. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms)
3. A species thereof.
   countable, uncountable
4. A species thereof
5. Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal:bane, canker, contagion, poison, toxin, venom.
6. An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion.
   countable, uncountable
7. An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion
8. He is suffering from a virus infection. virusagtig فيروسي، جُرْثومي вирусен virótico virový Virus-... virus- που προκαλείται από ιό vírico viirus- ویروسی virus- viral סוֹבֵל מְווִירוּס संक्रमण virusni vírus-, vírusos virus veiru- virale ウイルスの 바이러스의 virusinis vīrusa- virus virusvirus-wirusowy زهری virosal viral вирусный vírusový virusen virusni virus- เชื้อไวรัส virüs 病毒的 вірусний متعدي زہر bị lây vi rút 病毒的
9. A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.
   uncountable
10. A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse
11. Any of various submicroscopic agents that infect living organisms, often causing disease, and that consist of a single or double strand of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not considered living organisms.
12. A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.
    countable, informal, metonymically, uncountable
13. A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness
14. A computer program or series of commands that can replicate itself and that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other files or programs which users later transfer to other computers. Viruses usually have a harmful effect, as in erasing all the data on a disk.
15. A harmful or destructive influence: the pernicious virus of racism.
16. Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
17. (Microbiology) any of a group of submicroscopic entities consisting of a single nucleic acid chain surrounded by a protein coat and capable of replication only within the cells of living organisms: many are pathogenic
18. A type of malware 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.
    countable, uncountable
19. (Pathology) informal a disease caused by a virus
    informal
20. Any type of malware.
    countable, proscribed, uncountable
21. any corrupting or infecting influence
22. Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
23. (Computer Science) computing an unauthorized program that inserts itself into a computer system and then propagates itself to other computers via networks or disks; when activated it interferes with the operation of the computer
    computing
24. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.

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Examples

“Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.”

“Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.”

“Meronym: virion (individual particle)”

“Some viruses, such as norovirus, cause sporadic outbreaks of gastroenteritis.”

“Under electron microscopy, a few viruses were seen floating near the cells.”

“Not much virus was detectable on a nucleic acid test; the viral load was very low.”

“Unless professionally inspected, they [plants] may also carry along unseen pests and diseases (particularly small insects and microbes such as virus or bacteria) whose populations might explode catastrophically in new locations.”

“He's got a virus and had to stay home from school.”

“Brazil, that inferno where every budding flower and every buzzing bluebottle fly bears a lascivious virus.”

“Wait a minute! Is this one of those virus emails?!”

“I am tired of the mind viruses that are crippling people living in the western world — especially in my own nation. Sadly, Australia is becoming known as a nation of whingers.”

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