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VIROLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("virology" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Domain member category:
virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)
Derivation:
virological (of or relating to the science of virology)
virologist (a specialist in virology)
