Virus is valid Scrabble Word

Is virus a scrabble word?
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5 letters word
8 points in Scrabble
10 points in WWF

Definitions for VIRUS in dictionary:

VERB:

Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.
Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books.

NOUN:

(Latin) a pathogenic agent, usually a protein-coated particle of RNA or DNA, capable of increasing rapidly inside a living cell
an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host
an infection or disease caused by a virus
a harmful or corrupting influence
a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
microorganism that causes disease in humans, animals, and plants
(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

a harmful or corrupting agency
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

any of a class of submicroscopic pathogens

Words related to VIRUS

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How to use VIRUS in a sentence

We must not, however, infer that the whole of Germany has been infected with this virus.
The virus has been known, in some cases, to bring on typhoid fever, and one European is said to have died from its effects.
Dixerit e multis aliquis, quid virus in angues Adjicis? et rabidae tradis ovile lupae? Ovid.
And before he could find the remedy he must discover the virus.
Not in the spirit of a barren cynicism does Christ lay bare the ghastly wound of our nature, but as a noble physician who can purge the mortal virus which destroys us.
It forbids us also to look at community of water supply or food, or the peculiarities of soil, for the source of the disease virus.
That the atmosphere is the source of the virus is made more likely from the fact that the disease has broken out on board ship in a remarkable way.
It means the disappearance of influenza, the ravages of which are clearly traceable to the political virus disseminated by the Coalition.
Other folk call it the Puritan virus of over-righteousness, and scoff at it.
Three thousand miles have not sufficed to keep the deadly virus out of our system.

The pulpit manifested equal alacrity, in order to keep pace with the workings of the virus of treason.
By the aid of signs, a lancet and some virus, he set himself to work, and soon saw that he had gained a reputation which saved him his scalp.
The virus was still in his blood, he became suddenly aware.
It is a worse crime to send out a printed page bearing words infected with the virus of moral death.
In this stage the disease may be conveyed by a kiss or through the medium of the public drinking cup, towel, or anything that comes in contact with the virus.
But the great majority, once the virus of the free life had entered their veins, could not forsake the wild woods to the end of their days.
Time alone will tell whether or not the virus of slavery and injustice has too fully permeated our Southern civilization for a complete recovery.
His eyes, still getting over an eye virus, began to hurt and he felt tired.
In his blood there was a virus which had never tingled in the veins of Voltaire.
Nearly all, if not all, of the cases treated by stimulation alone have, according to my experience, perished if they have received a full dose of virus from a vigorous snake.
The virus would see to that and good old human curiosity would do the rest.
The virus of the deadly conditions under which the garments took shape was implanted in every stitch that held them together, and transferred itself to the wearer.
It was only when the second epidemic of this disease appeared in 1840 that the existence of some special virus or poison which entered the body was assumed.
With this virus removed, the natural balance of the facts of nature will spontaneously establish itself between the two countries.
Then he was inoculated with stale virus, and then with other virus not so stale.

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