virus

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It appears to be a novel virus - in other words a virus that humans haven't had experience with.

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  1. noun Any of various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease and that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not considered living organisms.
  2. noun A disease caused by a virus.
  3. noun Something that poisons one's soul or mind: the pernicious virus of racism.
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  • Because a virus is a virus, and that one was good and potent. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • Yet those who perhaps first infected the world with the virus are also ready with the anti-virus. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • This may not mean that they caught the virus, but that the virus was already present but was lying dormant until a trigger event occurred. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The people who write the virus are the people who write anti-virus. —  Breaking News: CBS News
  • Health officials said they don't want to "overly alarm" the public but they stress the need for people to be vigilant as the virus is a threat to public health. —  Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News
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  1. Latin vīrus, poison.

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  1. = French virus = Spanish vírus = Portuguese virus, from Latin virus, a slime, poison, slimy liquid, venom, an offensive odor, a sharp taste, = Greek ἰός (for *Νισός), poison, = Sanskrit visha, poison, = Irish fi, poison.
 

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