"ious" means viruses.
what does the prefix ious mean
The suffix -ious means relation to. This is shown in factious.
Some words that end in 'ious' are:ambitiousamphibiousanxiousatrociousaudaciousauspiciousbiliousbodaciouscapriciouscautiousceremoniousconscientiousconsciouscontagiouscontentiouscopiouscuriousdeliciousdeliriousdeviousdubiousenviousexpeditiousfacetiousfastidiousfeloniousferociousfictitiousflirtatiousfuriousgloriousgraciousgregariousharmonioushilariousimperiousimperviousimpiousinauspiciousindustriousinfectiousingeniousinjuriousinsidiousjudiciouslaboriouslicentiouslitigiouslusciousluxuriousmaliciousmelodiousmeritoriousmysteriousnefariousnotoriousnoxiousnutritiousobliviousobnoxiousobviousodiousofficiousostentatiousparsimoniouspenuriousperniciouspiousprecariouspreciousprecociousprestigiouspretentiouspreviouspreviousprodigiousrambunctiousrebelliousreligiousrepetitioussalaciousscrumptiousseditiousseriousspaciousspeciousspuriousstudioussuperstitioussurreptitioussuspicioustedioustenaciousvaingloriousvariousvicariousviciousvictoriousvivaciousvoracious
delicious
There are none in English.
contagiouscuriousdeliciousenviousfuriousgloriousgraciousgregariousharmonioushilariouslaboriouslusciousluxuriousmaliciousmelodiousnotoriousnutritiousodiousparsimoniousprecariousprestigiouspiouspreciousreligiousserioussalacioussuperstitiousspacioussuspiciousviciousvivacious
conscientiouscuriousdeliciousdeliriousdubiousenviousferociousfuriousgregariousharmonioushilariouslaboriouslusciousobnoxiousobviouspiouspreciousprecociousscrumptioussuperstitiousseriousviciousvictoriousvoluminous
anx-ious-ly
anx-ious
serious amitious curious
sanctimonious