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  • 1. virus
  • Rhymes with Ebola-virus
  • 2. Ebola
  • 3. virus
  • 4. virus
Table of Contents
  • 1. virus
  • Rhymes with Ebola-virus
  • 2. Ebola
  • 3. virus
  • 4. virus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. virus

noun. ['ˈvaɪrəs'] (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.

Synonyms

  • vector
  • animal virus
  • infective agent
  • phage
  • slow virus
  • microorganism
  • plant virus
  • tumor virus
  • arborvirus
  • infectious agent
  • bacteriophage
  • micro-organism

Antonyms

  • inactivity
  • competition
  • inactiveness
  • inaction

Etymology

  • virus (Latin)

Rhymes with Ebola Virus

  • cytomegalovirus
  • retrovirus
  • desirous
  • cyrus
  • iris

2. Ebola

noun. a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa.

Synonyms

  • viral haemorrhagic fever
  • VHF
  • hemorrhagic fever
  • Ebola fever
  • Ebola hemorrhagic fever
  • viral hemorrhagic fever

3. virus

noun. ['ˈvaɪrəs'] a harmful or corrupting agency.

Synonyms

  • representation
  • agency

Etymology

  • virus (Latin)

4. virus

noun. ['ˈvaɪrəs'] a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.

Synonyms

  • malevolent program

Etymology

  • virus (Latin)
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