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Agriculture · Q693

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 693

Q693

The term "Virus" means

A.
Toxin
B.
Poison
Answer
C.
Minute
D.
Animalcules

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The term "Virus" means Poison.
The word Virus is from the Latin neuter virus referring to poison and other noxious liquids, from the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit viṣa, Avestan visa, and ancient Greek all meaning 'poison'.
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.