English-Finnish translations for virus

• virus
  Influenssavirus on RNA-virus, joka sisältää kahdeksan geeniä. The influenza virus is an RNA virus containing eight genes.
  Virus vahingoittaa vaihtolämpöisiä eläimiä. The virus harms cold-blooded animals.
  Huhtikuuhun 2005 mennessä H5N1-virus oli siirtynyt myös sikoihin. By April 2005, the H5N1 virus had also moved to pigs.
• tietokonevirus
• virustauti

Definition of virus

• A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism
• A disease caused by these organisms
• Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc
• A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus

Examples

• He caught a virus and had to stay home from school

Related words

• coronavirus
• antivirus
• cryptovirus
• macrovirus
• retrovirus
• parvovirus
• norovirus
• arenavirus
• enterovirus