Virus
Of microorganism, virology and infectious agent.
(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.
This concept's ID is @1~6683
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- animal virus
An animal pathogen that is a virus.
- arbovirus
A large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions;...
- plant virus
A plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA.
- rheumatism
A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities;...
- bacteriophage
A virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria; "phage uses the bacterium's...
- vector
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell.
- virion
(virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some...
- tumor virus
A cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm.
- slow virus
A virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear; "kuru...
- inoculant
A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce...