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vi·rus

virus

pronunciation:: vaI rs
features:: Word Explorer

part of speech:	noun
inflections:	viruses
definition:	A virus is a tiny living thing that lives in other living things and can cause diseases in people. Some viruses cause very serious illness. The flu is caused by a virus. Colds are caused by viruses too.
related words:	bug, germ

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	broader categories that include viruses
	germ
	results of some viruses
	coughing, death, epidemic, fever, rash, sickness, sneezing, suffering
	some carriers of viruses
	food, germs, insects, mosquito, saliva
	some conditions resulting from viruses
	aids, chicken pox, cold, disease, infection, influenza, measles, pneumonia, poliomyelitis, rabies
	some descriptions of viruses
	deadly, microscopic
	some living things that are affected by viruses
	animals, bacteria, cell, human, plant
	some parts of viruses
	protein
	some processes involving viruses
	develop, invade, spread
	some things that affect viruses
	hygiene, medicine, shot, surgery, vaccine
	some things that are affected by viruses
	health, lungs, nervous system, spinal cord

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