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virus

 
 
/ˈvaɪərəs/ noun [C]

Translation

ILLNESS an infectious organism too small to be seen that causes disease, or an illness that it causes
virüs
The doctor says I've got a virus.45574
COMPUTER a program that is secretly put onto a computer in order to destroy the information that is stored on it
bilgisayar virüsü
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(Definition of virus noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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