Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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virus | Yes | No | No | No |
virology | Yes | No | No | No |
virus (noun) | virology (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 | the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases |
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 |