Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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virus | Yes | No | No | No |
rheumatoid arthritis | Yes | No | No | No |
virus (noun) | rheumatoid arthritis (noun) |
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(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 | a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint |
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer | |
a harmful or corrupting agency |