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Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons., The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there., Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books.

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It comes from the latin words of poison or toxin

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