Definitions for virus

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virus vi·rus

Spelling: [vahy-ruh s]

IPA: /ˈvaɪ rəs/

Virus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in virus (irsuv).

Definitions for virus

noun

1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
2. Informal. a viral disease.
3. a corrupting influence on morals or the intellect; poison.
4. a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network.

Origin of virus

1590-1600; Latin vīrus slime, poison; akin to ooze²

Examples for virus

Craig Spencer, the New York doctor who contracted Ebola in Guinea, was declared “cured” of the virus last week.

But what am I saying, A W, to you who are so free from the virus of culture?

The scientists of Sator knew that the virus was virulent; in fact, too virulent for its own good.

In some ways, the rapid spread of the virus there should not be surprising.

It killed the host every time, and the virus could not live outside a living cell.

He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.

The fact that the virus is still alive has sustained many safety concerns, both rational and irrational, about its use.

By May 27, five people had succumbed to the virus and 16 more were infected.

They knew that shortly after every Nansalian died, the virus, too, would be dead.

Such an idea is as fatal to society as we know it as a virus plague.