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Detailed Synonyms for virus in English

virus:

virus [the ~] nomen

  1. the virus
    the poison; the toxin; the venom; the virus
  2. the virus
    the virus; the contaminant; the infectious matter; the infection matter
  3. the virus
    – (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 1
    the virus
    – (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 1
  4. the virus
    – a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer 1
    the virus; the computer virus
    – a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer 1
    • virus [the ~] nomen
      • a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance1
    • computer virus [the ~] nomen
  5. the virus
    – a harmful or corrupting agency 1
    the virus
    – a harmful or corrupting agency 1
    • virus [the ~] nomen
      • bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread1
      • the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone1
  6. the virus
    – Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the system, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated. 2
    the virus
    – Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the system, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated. 2

virus

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Related Definitions for "virus":

  1. (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 protein1
  2. a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer1
    • a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance1
  3. a harmful or corrupting agency1
    • bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread1
    • the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone1
  4. Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the system, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated.2

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