Virus: nm (word from the Latin “suc, venom, poison”).
The word “virus” has several meanings:
1. Aged sense: Organic substance (pus, etc.), capable of transmitting disease.
Fig. Moral principle of contagion.
Quote from the French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885): "He had inoculated him with the formidable virus of his virtue"
2. Aged meaning: Pathogen in general. Malaria virus.
Modern meaning: Infectious microorganism composed of a nucleic acid surrounded by a...
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