-
"a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"nouna software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
Similar:
type of: -
"bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread" "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"nouna harmful or corrupting agencytype of:
-
noun(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
Definition that contains virus
- madness an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- pneumonia respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
- herpes any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin
- rabies an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- elisa an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)
- hepatitis inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
- viral relating to or caused by a virus
- vector (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- wart (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
- rheumatism a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint