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Word: Virus
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting the venom of a snake): from Latin, literally ‘slimy liquid, poison’. The earlier medical sense, superseded by the current use as a result of improved scientific understanding, was ‘a substance produced in the body as the result of disease, especially one capable of infecting others’
ˈvʌɪrəs
an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host
Short Definition:infective agent able to multiply only within living cells of host
Examples:- the hepatitis B virus
- a virus infection
a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
Short Definition:piece of code capable of copying itself and having detrimental effect
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