See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
RNA viruses(medicine)
Viruses(medicine)
DNA viruses(medicine)
orphan viruses(medicine)
parainfluenza viruses(medicine)
oncogenic viruses(medicine)
plant viruses(medicine)

Viruses (medicine)


viruses
<microbiology, virology> An ultra-microscopic micro-organism, parasitic within living cells and of which many can cause disease in humans. They consist of a strand of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) that contains genetic instructions concerning viral reproduction that is enveloped by a protein coat. Cellular rupture (and death) liberates the newly from viruses.