Definition of "virus"
- noun
Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
A type of microscopic agent that causes an infectious disease; the disease so caused.
A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat. It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
A computer virus.
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