virus = "any disease-causing organism whatsoever"

[James Harbeck]

>What ever happened to "bug"?  There was an all-purpose  term that  could
>stand in for bacteria, viruses, prions, whatever micro-critters might be
>involved *and*  for the diseases they caused.

It's busy being used by some people to mean "virus" in computer
terminology, where the two are not synonymous. Sigh.

James Harbeck.

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