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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
virus /ˈvʌɪrəs/
▶noun
- 1 a submicroscopic infective particle, typically consisting of nucleic acid coated in protein, which can multiply only within the cells of a host organism.
■ an infection or disease caused by such an agent.
- 2 (also computer virus) a piece of code surreptitiously introduced into a system in order to corrupt it or destroy data.
– origin ME (denoting snake venom): from L., lit. ‘slimy liquid, poison’.
'virus' also found in these Oxford entries:
adenovirus
- Aids
- Aids-related complex
- arbovirus
- arenavirus
- bacteriophage
- baculovirus
- Burkitt's lymphoma
- capsid
- chickenpox
- chlamydia
- cold sore
- coronavirus
- Coxsackie virus
- cytomegalovirus
- DNA virus
- Ebola fever
- EBV
- echovirus
- encephalitis lethargica
- enterovirus
- Epstein–Barr virus
- filovirus
- fowl plague
- gastric flu
- hantavirus
- herpesvirus
- HIV
- HPV
- infect
- interferon
- leaf roll
- lentivirus
- Marburg disease
- microorganism
- morbillivirus
- mosaic
- myxovirus
- Norwalk virus
- paramyxovirus
- parvovirus
- pathogen
- picornavirus
- pneumonitis
- poliovirus
- poxvirus
- provirus
- retrovirus
- rhinovirus
- RNA virus
Forum discussions with the word(s) "virus" in the title:
"get rid of" computer virus
"update virus definitions" vs "update anti-virus software"
A Virus
A virus broke my computer
Anti-virus software programme
Computer virus activity/activites
Infection(s) of tomato black ring virus ...
It would begin with a worldwide virus outbreak that had cities under quarantine.
me-virus-you
plurals: virus, bronchitis, appendicitis
renew and update your anti-virus software
the AIDS virus
"update virus definitions" vs "update anti-virus software"
A Virus
A virus broke my computer
Anti-virus software programme
Computer virus activity/activites
Infection(s) of tomato black ring virus ...
It would begin with a worldwide virus outbreak that had cities under quarantine.
me-virus-you
plurals: virus, bronchitis, appendicitis
renew and update your anti-virus software
the AIDS virus
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