viral
English
/ˈvaɪɹəl/
adj
Definitions
- (virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.
- (virology) Caused by a virus.
- (computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
- (advertising) Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.
- (of an image, video, piece of information, etc.) circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another.
Etymology
Suffix from English virus.
Origin
English
virus
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adenoviral English
- adenovirally English
- adenovirus English
- anti-viral English
- antipoxviral English
- antiretroviral English
- antiviral English
- antivirally English
- antivirus English
- astroviral English
- bacteriovirus English
- baculovirus English
- badnavirus English
- birnavirus English
- carcinovirus English
- cardioviral English
- cardiovirus English
- chemoantiviral English
- coronavirus English
- countervirus English
- cryptoviral English
- cryptovirus English
- curtovirus English
- encephalovirus English
- endoretroviral English
- enteroviral English
- enterovirus English
- extraviral English
- frankenvirus English
- haloviral English
- halovirus English
- herpes English
- herpesviral English
- herpesvirus English
- immunovirus English
- influenzavirus English
- interviral English
- intraviral English
- leukaemiavirus English
- lipoviral English
- lymphocryptovirus English
- macrovirus English
- megavirus English
- microviral English
- microvirus English
- multiviral English
- mycoviral English
- mycovirus English
- myoviral English
- myxovirus English
- neuroviral English
- neurovirus English
- nonantiviral English
- nonretroviral English
- nonviral English
- nonvirally English
- nonvirus English
- oncoviral English
- oncovirus English
- orthoretroviral English
- palaeovirus English
- paleovirus English
- panenteroviral English
- panviral English
- papillomavirus English
- parainfluenzavirus English
- paramyxovirus English
- parvovirus English
- phleboviral English
- phycoviral English
- phycovirus English
- phytoviral English
- phytovirus English
- poliovirus English
- polyomavirus English
- postviral English
- pox English
- poxviral English
- poxvirus English
- previral English
- protovirus English
- proviral English
- provirally English
- provirus English
- pseudoretroviral English
- pseudoviral English
- pseudovirus English
- retroviral English
- retrovirally English
- retrovirus English
- riboviral English
- ribovirus English
- subviral English
- subvirus English
- superviral English
- supervirus English
- tetravirus English
- ultravirus English
- virality English
- virally English
- viralness English
- viricide English
- viroid English
- virosis English
- virus English
- viruscide English
- viruslike English
- virusoid English
- virussy English
- virus Latin
- vīrus Latin
- バイラス Japanese
- バイラル Japanese
- ヴァイラス Japanese
- ไวรัส Thai
- bayrus Cebuano
- feirws Welsh
- firws Welsh
- ဗိုင်းရပ်စ် Burmese
- 바이러스 Korean
- វីរុស Central Khmer
- pox
- virus
- herpes
- viroid
- virussy
- virally
- virosis
- poxvirus
- myoviral
- nonvirus
- virality
- poxviral
- subviral
- viricide
- previral
- nonviral
- subvirus
- panviral
- proviral
- virusoid
- provirus
- riboviral
- myxovirus
- mycovirus
- antiviral
- megavirus
- oncovirus
- viralness
- postviral
- lipoviral
- haloviral
- antivirus
- mycoviral
- halovirus
- viruslike
- oncoviral
- viruscide
- ribovirus
- intraviral
- birnavirus
- nonvirally
- parvovirus
- neurovirus
- astroviral
- paleovirus
- superviral
- macrovirus
- curtovirus
- badnavirus
- phycovirus
- retrovirus
- poliovirus
- microvirus
- retroviral
- adenoviral
- protovirus
- ultravirus
- extraviral
- microviral
- neuroviral
- supervirus
- interviral
- multiviral
- anti-viral
- phytoviral
- tetravirus
- phytovirus
- phycoviral
- provirally
- adenovirus
- phleboviral
- pseudovirus
- cryptoviral
- herpesvirus
- enteroviral
- herpesviral
- antivirally
- enterovirus
- cardiovirus
- immunovirus
- pseudoviral
- cryptovirus
- baculovirus
- coronavirus
- palaeovirus
- cardioviral
- polyomavirus
- retrovirally
- carcinovirus
- frankenvirus
- adenovirally
- nonantiviral
- antipoxviral
- countervirus
- bacteriovirus
- nonretroviral
- paramyxovirus
- panenteroviral
- chemoantiviral
- antiretroviral
- endoretroviral
- leukaemiavirus
- encephalovirus
- papillomavirus
- influenzavirus
- orthoretroviral
- pseudoretroviral
- lymphocryptovirus
- parainfluenzavirus