Protozoa vs Virus - What's the difference?
protozoa | 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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A disease caused by these organisms.
(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.
As a proper noun protozoa
is protozoans; eukaryotes that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, and usually nonphotosynthetic, placed either as:.As a noun virus is
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(en-noun) (wikipedia virus) (Virus)Katie L. Burke
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- Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.