viral infection
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪrəl ɪnˈfɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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infección viral
- Croup is a common viral infection in babies and children in the winter months.
- bacterial and viral infection
- respiratory viral infection
- acute viral infection
So antibiotics don't work for viral infections and they are often misprescribed.
- So antibiotics don't work for viral infections and they are often misprescribed.
- You will find that lots of people that have viral infections are misdiagnosed with neurological conditions.
- It's going to make it more robust against bacterial and viral infections.
- All these different things, no messaging, nothing saying don't take an antibiotic if you have a viral infection.
- So certainly you're more vulnerable to getting a viral infection if you're a current smoker than if you've stopped smoking.
- Fever is one of your innate immune systems most powerful important tools for fighting bacterial and viral infections.
- So the plate that protects your brain, there's a plate, there's a bone behind your nose that protects your brain from viral infection.
- A viral infection or something like that can kill the entire bloom overnight.
- It's turned on under low blood flow, oxygen, low oxygen infections, viral infections, VZ you know, herpes simplex.
- You get cold when you get a cold, it's a lot of times people with a cold gets a dental viral infection and basically the cold virus that trans transfect your cell.
Examples
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So, exactly what problem do you have in preventing a viral infection that causes cancer?
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Interferons: Natural interferon is a protein produced by the body's cells in response to viral infections.
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As this is a viral infection, there is no specific treatment.
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Franklin is dead, from a viral infection.
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A viral infection or something like that can kill the entire bloom overnight.
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Provir is an oral treatment for respiratory viral infections that are common in young children.
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So antibiotics don't work for viral infections and they are often misprescribed.
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So certainly you're more vulnerable to getting a viral infection if you're a current smoker than if you've stopped smoking.
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Protective immunity to chronic and acute viral infection relies on both the innate and adaptive immune responses.
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Croup is a common viral infection that affects babies and children during the winter months.
Synonyms
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3.1
Harmful germs enter the body and make you sick
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3.0
A disease caused by germs that can spread from person to person
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3.3
An illness caused by a virus that makes you feel sick
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an illness caused by a virus' is directly and compositionally derived from 'viral' (pertaining to viruses) modifying 'infection' (an illness caused by pathogens). This adjective + noun pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Viral infection The noun viral infection describes when tiny invaders called viruses get into your body and make cells sick. Think of viral as the invader and infection as them 'spreading', so viral infection means an 'illness' caused by a virus.