Common Cold Cause Crossword Clue

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	noun • (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 • a harmful or corrupting agency • a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
	95%	14		Exact Match!
	noun • infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
	35%	10		Common cause of the common cold
	noun • any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections

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