VIRUS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (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
   
   Hypernyms(s) virus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • microorganism (what does microorganism mean?)
   • infectious agent (what does infectious agent mean?)
   • infective agent (what does infective agent mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • arbovirus (what does arbovirus mean?)
   • arborvirus (what does arborvirus mean?)
   • bacteriophage (what does bacteriophage mean?)
   • phage (what does phage mean?)
   • plant virus (what does plant virus mean?)
   • animal virus (what does animal virus mean?)
   • slow virus (what does slow virus mean?)
   • tumor virus (what does tumor virus mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
   
   Synonym(s)
   • computer virus (what does computer virus mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
   
   Hypernyms(s) virus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • malevolent program (what does malevolent program mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a harmful or corrupting agency
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread
   • the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone
   
   Hypernyms(s) virus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • representation (what does representation mean?)
   • delegacy (what does delegacy mean?)
   • agency (what does agency mean?)