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noun |
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viruses |
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A virus is a tiny living thing that lives in other living things and can cause diseases in people. Some viruses cause very serious illness.
The flu is caused by a virus. Colds are caused by viruses too. |
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bug, germ |
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broader categories that include viruses |
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germ |
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results of some viruses |
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coughing, death, epidemic, fever, rash, sickness, sneezing, suffering |
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some carriers of viruses |
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food, germs, insects, mosquito, saliva |
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some conditions resulting from viruses |
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aids, chicken pox, cold, disease, infection, influenza, measles, pneumonia, poliomyelitis, rabies |
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some descriptions of viruses |
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deadly, microscopic |
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some living things that are affected by viruses |
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animals, bacteria, cell, human, plant |
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some parts of viruses |
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protein |
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some processes involving viruses |
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develop, invade, spread |
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some things that affect viruses |
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hygiene, medicine, shot, surgery, vaccine |
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some things that are affected by viruses |
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health, lungs, nervous system, spinal cord |
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