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The term "Virus" means

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The term "Virus" means Poison.
The word Virus is from the Latin neuter virus referring to poison and other noxious liquids, from the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit viṣa, Avestan visa, and ancient Greek all meaning 'poison'.
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.
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