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Virus Vocabulary

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virussmall, nonliving particle; invades and reproduces using a host
hostliving organism that provides a source of energy for a virus or other organism
parasiteorganism that lives in or on another organism and causes it harm
bacteriophagea virus that infects bacteria
vaccinea substance made from dead or altered viruses or bacteria
two parts of a virusthe outer protein coat and the inner core that is made of genetic material
active virusmake the host cell create new viruses, which kill the host cell
latent virushide in the host cell without destroying it
gene therapyresearch that uses viruses to replace defective cell heredity material with normal cell heredity material


7th Grade Life Science Instructor
Byron Middle School

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