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#Dictionary – Definition of
#Virus: VI'RUS, noun [Latin See Virulent.] Foul or contagious matter of an ulcer, postule, etc.; poison.
VIR'ULENT, adjective [Latin virulentus, from virus,
#poison, that is, strength, from the same root as vir, vireo. See Venom.]
1. Extremely active in doing injury; very poisonous or venomous. No poison is more virulent than that of some species of serpents.
2. Very bitter in enmity; malignant; as a virulent invective.
https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/virus Noah Webster’s1828 #Dictionary – Definition of #Virus: VI'RUS, noun [Latin See Virulent.] Foul or contagious matter of an ulcer, postule, etc.; poison.
VIR'ULENT, adjective [Latin virulentus, from virus, #poison, that is, strength, from the same root as vir, vireo. See Venom.]
1. Extremely active in doing injury; very poisonous or venomous. No poison is more virulent than that of some species of serpents.
2. Very bitter in enmity; malignant; as a virulent invective.
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