virus
/ˈvɑɪ·rəs/ n [C] (SMALL ORGANISM)Definition
› biology a very small organism that causes disease in humans, animals, and plants › A virus is also a disease caused by a virus: She’s had a virus for several days.
(Definition of virus n (SMALL ORGANISM) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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