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. |
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Category of | inoculant, inoculum | A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease |
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rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism | A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities |
virion | (virology) a complete viral particle |
Category | virology | The branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases |
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Narrower | animal virus | An animal pathogen that is a virus |
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arbovirus, arborvirus | A large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions |
bacteriophage, phage | A virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria |
plant virus | A plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
slow virus | A virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear |
tumor virus | A cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm |
vector | (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell |
Broader | infectious agent, infective agent | An agent capable of producing infection |
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microorganism, micro-organism | Any organism of microscopic size |
Spanish | virus |
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Catalan | virus |
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Adjectives | viral | relating to or caused by a virus |
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