virus
Nouns
- (n) (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
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(n) a harmful or corrupting agency
- bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread
- the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone
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(n) a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
- a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance