Definitions
A tiny infectious agent that multiplies inside living cells.
Word origin
From Middle English virus, from Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”), via rhotacism from Proto-Italic *weizos, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“fluidity, slime, poison”). First use in the computer context by David Gerrold in his 1972 book When HARLIE Was One.
Used in a sentence
“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)”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Infectious agent”5 letters
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