| anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
| anti-war movement | a campaign against entering or continuing a war |
| virus | (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts, many are pathogenic, a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein |
| parainfluenza virus | a virus that causes upper respiratory infection (including the common cold and bronchiolitis), most often in children |
| Junin virus | the RNA virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever, carried by rats and mice |
| Lassa virus | the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever |
| lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus | the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis, infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings |
| Machupo virus | the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, carried by rats and mice |
| Ebola virus | a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever, carried by animals, can be used as a bioweapon |
| Marburg virus | a filovirus that causes Marburg disease, carried by animals, can be used as a bioweapon |
West Nile virus
West Nile encephalitis virus | the flavivirus that causes West Nile encephalitis |
| myxoma virus | a poxvirus closely related to smallpox virus, causes benign gelatinous tumors in humans |
variola virus
smallpox virus | the virus that causes smallpox in humans, can be used as a bioweapon |
variola major
variola major virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to percent |
variola minor
variola minor virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about percent |
tobacco mosaic virus
TMV | the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic, it was the first virus discovered () |
| plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
| animal virus | an animal pathogen that is a virus |
human Tell leukemia virus-
HTLV- | retrovirus causing Tell leukemia |
human immunodeficiency virus
HIV | the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), it replicates in and kills the helper T cells |
| respiratory syncytial virus | a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children) |
| hepatitis A virus | the virus causing hepatitis A |
coxsackievirus
Coxsackie virus | enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis |
herpes
herpes virus | any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin |
herpes simplex
herpes simplex virus | a herpes virus that affects the skin and nervous system |
herpes zoster
herpes zoster virus | a herpes virus that causes shingles |
herpes varicella zoster
herpes varicella zoster virus | a herpes virus that causes chickenpox and shingles |
Epstein-Barr virus
EBV | the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis, associated with specific cancers in Africa and China |
| varicella zoster virus | the member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox |
| human papilloma virus | any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors |
polyoma
polyoma virus | a virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice |
| slow virus | a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear, kuru is caused by a slow virus |
| onion yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants |
| potato yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of potato plants |
| tumor virus | a cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm |
wound tumor virus
WTV | a tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers |
anti-G suit
G suit | worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration |
anti-inflammatory
anti-inflammatory drug | a medicine intended to reduce inflammation |
| anti-submarine rocket | a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines |
| anti-TNF compound | a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints |
fragmentation bomb
antipersonnel bomb
anti-personnel bomb
daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
NSAID | an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids, NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox- and Cox- enzymes |
stabilizer bar
anti-sway bar | a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks, serves to stabilize the chassis |
tail rotor
anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
virility drug
anti-impotence drug | drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction |
anti-Semitism
antisemitism | the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people |
| anti-Catholicism | a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism |
| anti-drug law | a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs |
| anti-virus program | a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread |
virus
computer virus | a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer, a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance |