WORD ORIGIN
Late Middle English (denoting the venom of a snake): from Latin, literally ‘slimy liquid, poison’, also the source of virulent (Late Middle English). The earlier medical sense, superseded by the current use as a result of improved scientific understanding, was ‘a substance produced in the body as the result of disease, especially one capable of infecting others.’
acyclovir, antiretroviral, antiviral, anti(-)virus, coronavirus, cytomegalovirus, norovirus, postviral, retrovirus, viral, virologist, virology, virulence, virulent(ly); virus-battered, virus-driven, virus-free, virus-hit, virus-induced, virus-laden, virus-mediated, virus-plagued, virus-ravaged, virus-resistant, virus-ridden, virus-stricken, virus-triggered, etc.
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