Words ending with irus
4 letter words ending with irus
- irus — Irvine Research Unit in Software
5 letter words ending with irus
- virus — an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- aids virus — a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- aids-related virus — a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- boot virus — An MS-DOS virus that infects the boot record program on hard disks and floppy disks or the master boot record on hard disks. The virus gets loaded into memory before MS-DOS and takes control of the computer, infecting any floppy disks subsequently accessed. An infected boot disk may stop the computer starting up at all.
- computer virus — virus
6 letter words ending with irus
- epirus — a region of NW Greece, part of ancient Epirus ceded to Greece after independence in 1830
7 letter words ending with irus
- jabirus — Plural form of jabiru.
8 letter words ending with irus
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- provirus — a viral form that is incorporated into the genetic material of a host cell.
- reovirus — any large virus of the family Reoviridae, having double-stranded RNA and a polyhedral capsid, including those causing infantile gastroenteritis.
- subvirus — an organism, esp a viral protein, smaller than a virus but with some of the characteristics of a virus
9 letter words ending with irus
- antivirus — a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- filovirus — any of several filamentous, single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Filoviridae, defined by their unique appearance and reproductive strategies, as the Ebola and Marburg viruses.
- mimivirus — a very large virus containing DNA
10 letter words ending with irus
- adenovirus — any of a group of viruses that can cause upper respiratory diseases in man
- alphavirus — Any virus of the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae).
- anti-virus — Anti-virus software is software that protects a computer against viruses.
- arenavirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Arenaviridae, usually transmitted to humans by contact with excreta of infected rodents.
- flavivirus — Any of a group of RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, that cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.
11 letter words ending with irus
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- coronavirus — a type of airborne virus accounting for 10-30% of all colds
- enterovirus — Any of a group of RNA viruses (including those causing polio and hepatitis A) that typically occur in the gastrointestinal tract, sometimes spreading to the central nervous system or other parts of the body.
- herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
12 letter words ending with irus
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
13 letter words ending with irus
- morbillivirus — a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae causing infectious diseases such as measles, distemper, or rinderpest
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
14 letter words ending with irus
- coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
- orthomyxovirus — Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- human papillomavirus — any of a group of papillomaviruses causing cutaneous warts and lesions of the oral, anal, and genital mucous membranes in human beings
15 letter words ending with irus
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
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