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virus
  1. (archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
  2. (pathology, microbiology, virology) A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
  3. A disease caused by these organisms.
  4. (computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The presence of HIV-RNA can be detected 12 days after the virus has infected the patient.”
      “She recovered from the virus, and local community health workers determined that she likely had contracted it from a healer who lived and worked in her village.”
      “The virus has caused my computer to crash and bring up a blue screen.”
virulence
  1. the state of being virulent
  2. a measure of how virulent a thing is
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  4. Examples:
    1. “One early misconception regarding venomous snakes was the presumption that the virulence of the venom was proportional to the snake's anger.”
      “I was startled by the severity and virulence with which he delivered the sentence at the end of the trial.”
      “The virulence of the attempts to suppress Intelligent Design demonstrates the Darwinists ' insecurity.”
virusoid
  1. A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.
viral
  1. (marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
virulotyping
  1. A form of serotyping in which microorganisms are characterised according to their virulence
virion
  1. (virology) A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell).
  2. Examples:
    1. “The RT enzyme converts the single-stranded virion into doublestranded DNA for subsequent integration into the host cell genome.”
      “First, with respect to virion structure, the virions of both evolved from an icosahedral symmetry to a reniform or bacilliform shape.”
      “The virion reproduces itself as from its genetic material only by replicating its genome.”
virality
  1. (advertising, marketing) The state or condition of being viral; tendency to spread by word of mouth.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After uploading the video, she eagerly awaited the virality of her dance moves to sweep across social media.”
      “The virality of content determines how successful that content is going to be in the broader Web.”
      “Everyone in social media knows that virality is the number one metric to track if you want to be a success.”
viraemia
  1. (medicine) The condition or disease of having a virus in the bloodstream.
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, the use of drug combinations is designed to limit the emergence of multiply drug resistant variants and may suppress plasma viraemia more effectively.”
      “Even though HBV is not considered a cytopathic virus, immune responses directed against HBV epitopes will continue to cause hepatic damage in the presence of viraemia.”
      “Experimental viraemia and transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus by mosquitoes in ardeid birds.”
virulome
  1. (microbiology) The set of genes that contribute to the virulence of a bacterium.
viruria
  1. The presence of a virus in the urine.
virulency
  1. Dated form of virulence.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The controversy between the two is noted for the virulency of the personal invective.”
      “It is presumed that the long evolutionary history between apes and Plasmodium has dampened parasite virulency.”
      “And the prophets, in spite of their virulency, produced the highest forms of artistic beauty.”
viralness
  1. (advertising, marketing) Synonym of virality
  2. Examples:
    1. “Better still, give the chips a pinkish hue and it might gain some viralness too.”
      “The request for viralness is what set one of the girl's mothers on a mission to file a police report for cyberbullying.”
      “The virtual shop owner has recently restocked her line of controversial crewnecks, but their viralness means that probably won't last for long. ”
virulentness
virulences
virulencies
viraemias
  1. plural of viraemia
virulomes
  1. plural of virulome
virusoids
  1. plural of virusoid
viri
  1. (proscribed) False plural of virus.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “To overcome the lack of priests, some, guided by the principle of salus animarum suprema lex, advance the request for the ordination of married faithful, of proven faith and virtue, the so called viri probati.”
      “Breaking away from brother Viri, the abbot crossed to where Darius lay.”
      “We found Viri and his friend Miki Aikau, a legendary boardsman, waiting for us on the beach.”
virii
  1. (proscribed) plural form of virus
virions
  1. plural of virion
  2. Examples:
    1. “The HIV bDNA assays can be used for the detection and quantification of HIV virions in plasma, serum, blood cells, or tissue.”
      “Lineages that had alternated between cell types produced significantly more virions than did the ancestral stock on PDE cells.”
      “The humoral arm produces virus-neutralizing antibodies that, when fully effective, completely prevent virions from infecting new host cells.”
virals
  1. plural of viral
  2. Examples:
    1. “As with all great virals, the story delivers a nice little twist at the end.”
      “Businesses are waking up to the need for this high level of protection, but are still being bombarded by virals.”
      “The most frequent type of security breach was a result of virals coming from outside the enterprise.”
viruses
  1. plural of virus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Toxins accumulate faster, and viruses and bacteria grow more quickly, in a body that is not adequately warmed.”
      “Water-borne parasites like giardia and viruses like Norwalk virus could cause similar problems.”
      “Almost a hundred different viruses cause warts, which are usually passed from person to person through direct contact.”
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