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virus

Definition

  • noun: an extremely small living thing that causes a disease and that spreads from one person or animal to another
  • noun: the causative agent of an infectious disease
  • synonyms: venom, poison

Examples

  • I think I have the 'virus' that's going around this winter.

  • The software checks your hard drive for 'viruses'.

  • the AIDS 'virus' = the 'virus' that causes AIDS

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Are you listening to yourself? What about those dead cats down the basement? I mean, maybe they had some disease. I mean, some virus that... it spread to Mia... and then she passed it to Olivia, when she puked all over her face. But what kind of a virus, makes a person (..)
    2013 Evil Dead