virus

Meaning of virus

noun
  1. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism.
  2. A disease caused by these organisms.
    He caught a virus and had to stay home from school.
  3. Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
  4. A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
  5. Any type of malware.

Information about virus

Hyphenation of virus

virus

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • virus is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of virus

Anagrams of virus

rivus

Words that rhyme with virus

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