virus

Virus

A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms)

• The computer has a virus.

  Der Computer hat einen Virus.

  Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Could it be a virus?

  Könnte es sich um ein Virus handeln?

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Virus

A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).; A species thereof

Virus

A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).; An individual particle thereof: synonym of virion

Virus

A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse

Virus

A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness

Virus

Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etcselten

Virus

A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks by inserting its code into other executable files, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virusselten

Virus

Any type of malwareselten

Virus

Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to anotherselten