virus




virus - noun

  • (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
  • a harmful or corrupting agency
  • a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

    • virus - thesaurus


    View spelling list Nouns ending in us and learn about the word virus in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 29. Word ending: -ous.

    Scrabble score for virus

    v is 4 i is 1 r is 1 u is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

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