Term: virus: (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: geneticism: the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: rheumatic heart disease: heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: cayenne: a long and often twisted hot red pepper
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: summer: the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: tobacco: leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: linseed oil: a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: land agent: a person who administers a landed estate
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: modern english: English since about 1450
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: pyrochemical process: processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures
Broader: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | Unrelated: todea: a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae