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noun
The condition or disease of having a virus in the bloodstream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the presence of a virus in the blood stream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: viremia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pathology
History
From Latin virus (“poison”), in conjunction with Ancient Greek αἷμα (“blood”).
Across languages
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