Virus

Noun

 * 1)  Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
 * 2)  A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat.  It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
 * 3) * 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 64)
 * Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.
 * 1)  A computer virus.
 * 2) The smallest form of microorganisms capable of causing disease. Especially, a virus of fecal origin that is infectious to humans by waterborne transmission.

Hyponyms

 * DNA virus
 * RNA virus
 * See also Thesaurus:virus

Related terms

 * viroid

Verbs for Virus
allay—; antidote—; check—; combat—; confine—; counteract—; immunize to—; inactivate—; infect with—; inject—; isolate—; neutralize—; weaken—; —attacks; —consumes; —devastates; —inflames; —invades; paralyzes; —prostrates; —ravages.

Thesaurus
acaricide, adenovirus, aerial infection, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, aerobic organism, airborne infection, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, anaerobic organism, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, autotrophic organism, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, bane, being, bug, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, carrier, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, coccus, communicability, contact poison, contagion, contagiousness, contamination, corruption, creature, cryptogenic infection, defoliant, direct infection, disease-producing microorganism, disinfectant, droplet infection, dust infection, echovirus, enterovirus, epidemiology, eradicant, filterable virus, fumigant, fungicide, fungus, genetic individual, germ, germicide, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, hand infection, herbicide, heterotrophic organism, indirect infection, individual, infection, infectiousness, insect powder, insecticide, living being, living thing, microbe, microbicide, microorganism, miticide, mold, morphological individual, nonfilterable virus, ont, organic being, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, organism, organization, pathogen, pesticide, physiological individual, phytogenic infection, picornavirus, poison, primary infection, protozoa, protozoon, pyogenic infection, rat poison, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, secondary infection, spirillum, spirochete, spore, staphylococcus, stomach poison, streptococcus, subclinical infection, systemic, systemic insecticide, taint, toxic, toxicant, toxin, trypanosome, vector, venin, venom, vermicide, vibrio, waterborne infection, weed killer, zoogenic infection, zooid, zoon

Etymology
From virus:. First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
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 * Arabic: ڤيروس, فيروس
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: birus
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 * Min Nan: pēⁿ-to̍k
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 * Estonian: viirus
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 * Georgian: ვირუსი
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 * Hindi: वायरस
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 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: virusas
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: विषाणू
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 * Quechua: añaw
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 * Tamil: தீ நுண்மம்
 * Telugu: వైరస్
 * Thai: เชื้อ, ไวรัส
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: вірус
 * Urdu: حُمہ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: feirws
 * Yiddish: ווירוס

Noun

 * 1) virus

Related terms

 * virový
 * antivirový

Noun

 * 1) virus

Noun

 * 1)  virus
 * 2)  virus

Noun

 * 1) virus

Noun

 * 1) virus

Noun

 * 1) virus (pathogen)
 * 2) computer virus

Etymology
From virus:.

Noun

 * 1) virus

Noun

 * 1) venom
 * 2) poison

Etymology
Via rhotacism from. Cognates include Sanskrit विष: and Ancient Greek ἰός:.

Inflection
1 virus is declined in the singular only.

Synonyms

 * venenum

Noun

 * 1) computer virus (a program)

Noun

 * 1) virus

Noun

 * 1)  virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
 * 2)  computer virus

Noun

 * 1) virus, computer virus

Etymology
From virus:.

Noun

 * 1) virus