(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
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a harmful or corrupting agency
Bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread. The virus of jealousy is latent in everyone.
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a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
A true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance.
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Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
