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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Virus"

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Word	Definition
virologynoun	The branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.
viralnoun	(marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
pathogennoun	(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
hivnoun	(virology) Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus. [(virology) Either of the two related viruses, human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus 2 (HIV-2) that progressively destroy the body's immune system and can potentially lead to AIDS.]
hbvnoun	Abbreviation of hepatitis B virus. [A virus that causes the disease hepatitis B.]
hpvnoun	Initialism of human papillomavirus. [Any of a large number of virus species in the family Papillomaviridae that affect humans, sometimes causing cervical or other cancer; it is sometimes classified as a sexually transmitted disease.]
poliovirusnoun	A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.
plaguenoun	(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
influenzanoun	(pathology) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
flunoun	Influenza.
epidemicnoun	A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
infectednoun	Having an infection.
infectionnoun	An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
jaundicenoun	(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
bacteriological	Of or pertaining to bacteriology.
immunodeficiencynoun	A depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it.
molenoun	Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.
pneumonianoun	Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
hepatitisnoun	Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
diseasenoun	(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.