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Virus

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009262

In medicine, a very simple microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease. Because viruses can multiply only inside infected cells, they are not considered to be alive.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009262
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009262",
  "term": "Virus",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In medicine, a very simple microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease. Because viruses can multiply only inside infected cells, they are not considered to be alive.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/virus/"
}

Record 17,262 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.