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  • adjective Like a virus; inclined to spread through infection.

Etymologies

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virus +‎ -like

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Examples

  • By contrast, getting invited somewhere, willingly accepting the invitation, and joining a gathering makes you a guest and makes the whole experience, to my mind, not very viruslike.

    And Then There's Us - Anil Dash 2009

  • And convention tells you what to be, because certain professions ease and trickle and embed themselves viruslike into the kids at school at certain times.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • And convention tells you what to be, because certain professions ease and trickle and embed themselves viruslike into the kids at school at certain times.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • And convention tells you what to be, because certain professions ease and trickle and embed themselves viruslike into the kids at school at certain times.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • And convention tells you what to be, because certain professions ease and trickle and embed themselves viruslike into the kids at school at certain times.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • This production system churns out viruslike particles that mimic bird flu and trick the body into mounting a defense.

    Vical Takes New Tack 2008

  • Isolated on its own in a petri dish, L1 has acrobatic talent, automatically assembling itself into what scientists call a "viruslike particle" that looks just like HPV, but has "none of the bad stuff inside," says Dr. Eliav Barr, head of the HPV-vaccine program at Merck.

    The War on HPV 2007

  • Also, be sure to report any viruslike symptoms, including low-grade fever and fatigue, to your doctor before trying to conceive.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • "A viruslike organism that has been lying dormant in the genomes of Earth creatures, including human beings."

    Invasion Cook, Robin, 1940- 2000

  • "There does seem to be a certain viruslike behavior at work here," he admitted, "although not in the way you're thinking."

    Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996

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