variola virus
— Noun
– English
～ the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
variola minor virus
— Noun
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～ a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about 1 percent
variola major virus
— Noun
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～ a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to 25 percent
virus
— Noun
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～ (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
virus
— Noun
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～ a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
virus infection
— Noun
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～ infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
virus
— Noun
– English
～ a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"