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virus
1. A submicroscopic parasitic particle of a nucleic acid surrounded by protein that can only replicate within a host cell.
Viruses are not considered to be independent living organisms.
2. A computer program that is part of another program and inserts copies of itself, often damaging the integrity of stored data.It travels with the program that contains it.
3. Etymology: "venomous substance", from Latin virus, "poison, sap of plants, slimy liquid".
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viru-, vir-
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HIV virus
Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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influenza virus
A genus of viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae which includes the influenza types A, B, and C; causing sporadic and epidemic influenza and pneumonia in humans, pigs, horses, and birds, with transmission by aerosols, by water, or by direct contact.
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fluct-, flucti-, -flux, flu-, flum-, -fluent, -fluence
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An ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts and causes an infection which does not produce symptoms: It took a long time for the medical technicians to determine that Jennifer was becoming ill as a result of an occult virus.