virusing

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A form of virus — A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of virus
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