virus

[ˈvaɪrəs]

Definition:
1. A living thing, too small to be seen without a microscope , that causes infectious disease in people, animals and plants.
2. A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
3. A disease caused by a virus.

Use 'virus' in a sentence:

1. The virus is not passed on through touching or shaking hands.
2. So far they have not found a way to fight the virus.
3. The locals were encouraged to trap and kill mice to stop the spread of the virus.
4. The identification of rabies virus has saved many lives.
5. These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites.
6. It is very unnerving to find out that someone you see every day is carrying a potentially deadly virus.
7. In 1960 some polio vaccine was contaminated with the virus.
8. These viruses affect children and are highly infectious.
9. However, soon after these fierce outbreaks, the virus died out, at least temporarily.
10. In the effort to understand AIDS, attention is moving from the virus to the immune system.
11. The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.
12. If they have the virus they are putting patients at risk.
13. The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus.
14. Her heart was irreparably damaged by a virus.
15. In fact, a virus emerged in the 1970s that could've been just that fatal.
16. The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome.
17. It is thought that this virus is implicated in the development of a number of illnesses.
18. The test could be used to screen healthy people to see if they are carrying the virus.
19. It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus.
20. The virus can actually destroy those white blood cells, leaving the body wide open to attack from other infections.
21. Once you have removed the virus it is safe to reconnect to the Internet.
22. The virus needs two weeks to manifest itself.
23. The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low.
24. I was determined not to succumb to the virus.
25. If the virus cannot replicate itself, it cannot cause illness.
26. They then found the same virus lurking in the genome of the three-toed sloth.
27. This is the virus in very crude simple diagrammatic form.
28. Spread rapidly by mosquitoes, the virus devastated the rabbit population.
29. You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells.
30. There is a virus going round the world.
31. The virus mails itself forward to everyone in your address book.
32. The virus won't go away and the lad is still feeling a bit rough.
33. Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus.
34. Hackers are said to have started a computer virus.
35. The drug attenuates the effects of the virus.
36. The virus is getting more and more attention, and not before time.
37. I know my life has been cut short by this terrible virus but Daniel will live on after me.
38. This software is designed to scan all new files for viruses.
39. The stripes of the Semper Augustus were caused by the genes of a virus.
40. There are many different strains of flu virus.
41. Any practice that draws blood could increase the risk of getting the virus.
42. The software has been tested for viruses.
43. The drug prevents the virus from replicating itself.
44. This virus infected thousands of computers across the U.S. and Europe within days.
45. He is fully recovered from the virus.
46. This virus infected thousands of computers within days.
47. These antibodies work against the measles virus.
48. There is a risk of passing the virus on.
49. His estimate of half a million HIV-positive cases was based on an extrapolation of the known incidence of the virus.
50. The virus latches onto the red blood cells.
51. When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it.
52. But the heat of your body is killing the virus.
53. The reason why the injection needs repeating every year is that the virus changes.
54. The virus seems to have attacked his throat.
55. The virus is still active in the blood.
56. Viruses tend to be good at surviving when a computer system crashes.
57. It could be a virus, or it could be all in the mind.
58. There's a virus going around the office.