viral
pronunciation
How to pronounce viral in British English:
UK [ˈvaɪrəl]
How to pronounce viral in American English:
US [ˈvaɪrəl]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or caused by a virus
Word Origin
- viral (adj.)
- "of the nature of, or caused by, a virus," 1944, see virus + -al (1). Sense of "become suddenly widely popular through Internet sharing" is attested by 1999, originally in reference to marketing and based on the similarity of the effect to the spread of a computer virus. Related: Virally.
Example
- 1. The new flu rnp model highlights some viral weak points .
- 2. So what were the b cells doing to offer viral protection ?
- 3. Having eliminated one viral disease , the authorities decided they ought to be able to get rid of another : polio .
- 4. Participants were then admitted to one of the four test hospitals , where they drank a potent viral concoction and waited .
- 5. Not all dna produces signals that we can detect with our device . The high-intensity signals come from bacterial and viral dna .