variola minor virus
— Noun
– English
~ 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
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~ 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"
virusoid
— Noun
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~ the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat
vis major
— Noun
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~ a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God"
vis-a-vis
— Noun
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~ a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
vis-a-vis
— Noun
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~ small sofa that seats two people
visa
— Noun
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~ an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
visage
— Noun
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~ the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
visage
— Noun
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~ the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"
visayan
— Noun
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~ a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
Visayan Islands
— Noun
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~ group of islands in the central Philippines
Viscaceae
— Noun
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~ in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae
viscacha
— Noun
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~ gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas
viscera
— Noun
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~ internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'"
visceral pericardium
— Noun
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~ the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium