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- pronunciation:
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noun |
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viruses |
| definition 1: |
a tiny living thing that lives in other living things and causes diseases.
Influenza is caused by a virus. |
| definition 2: |
a program that can destroy information in a computer.
Viruses are often hidden in e-mail messages. |
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bug, germ |
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broader categories that include viruses |
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germ |
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results of some viruses |
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death, fever, rash, suffering |
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some carriers of viruses |
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food, germs, insects, saliva |
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some conditions resulting from viruses |
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aids, chicken pox, cold, disease, influenza, measles, mumps |
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some descriptions of viruses |
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infectious |
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some living things that are affected by viruses |
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animals, cell, human, plant |
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some parts of viruses |
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protein |
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some processes involving viruses |
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outbreak, spread |
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some things that affect viruses |
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medicine, sanitation, shot |
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some things that are affected by viruses |
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health, lungs |
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