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viruses |
| definition 1: |
a tiny organism that can reproduce only in living cells. Viruses cause disease in humans, animals, and plants.
The flu is caused by a virus. |
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a disease caused by such an organism.
Measles and the flu are viruses.- similar words:
- cold
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| definition 3: |
see "computer virus."
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bug, germ |
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broader categories that include viruses |
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germ, microorganism |
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results of some viruses |
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coma, coughing, death, epidemic, fever, indigestion, rash, sickness, sneezing, suffering |
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some carriers of viruses |
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food, germs, housefly, insects, mosquito, saliva |
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some conditions resulting from viruses |
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aids, chicken pox, cold, disease, distemper, infection, influenza, measles, mumps, pneumonia, poliomyelitis, rabies, wart |
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some descriptions of viruses |
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deadly, infectious, microscopic |
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some living things that are affected by viruses |
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animals, bacteria, cell, human, plant |
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some parts of viruses |
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gene, protein |
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some processes involving viruses |
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develop, invade, outbreak, reproduce, spread |
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some things that affect viruses |
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antibody, booster shot, chemotherapy, hygiene, medicine, sanitation, serum, shot, surgery, vaccine |
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some things that are affected by viruses |
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health, lungs, nervous system, spinal cord, white blood cell |
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