Virus vs Bactria - What's the difference?
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As a noun virus is virus. As a proper noun bactria is ( greek name for ancient country).
virus English
Noun
( en-noun)
( wikipedia virus)
( Virus)
(archaic) Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc.
(pathology, microbiology, virology) 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.
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* 2001 , Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 64)
- Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.
A disease caused by these organisms.
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(computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as CDs, USB drives, floppy disks, etc., often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus.
Usage notes
Viri is a nonstandard plural and is only used jocularly.
Synonyms
* See also
Hyponyms
* DNA virus
* RNA virus
Derived terms
* viroid
* viral
See also
* prion
External links
* (Plural of virus)
* (Virus)
* (Computer virus)
* (Virus)
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bactria Alternative forms
* Bactriana, B?khtar in Persian, also Bhalika in Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese.
Proper noun
( en proper noun)
The ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in the Middle East, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.
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