No. 619 in Slovak
vírus
A "vírus" in Slovak means "virus" in English, referring to a microscopic infectious agent.
In a sentence
Vírus sa šíri rýchle medzi ľuďmi.
The virus spreads quickly among people.
Here, 'vírus' is used in its primary definition, referring to a pathogenic agent.
Počítačový vírus poškodil systém.
The computer virus damaged the system.
In this sentence, 'vírus' is used metaphorically to describe a type of malicious software.
Musíme chrániť náš systém pred novými vírusmi.
We need to protect our system from new viruses.
'Vírusmi' (plural form of 'vírus') is used to emphasize preventive effort in both biological and computational contexts.
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