supervirus

supervirus

English

Etymology

super- +‎ virus

Noun

supervirus (plural superviruses)

1. A virus that is particularly powerful or resistant to treatment.
   • 1997, Maggie Ferguson, Fever rising

     Dr. Ross's supervirus sounded a lot like the virus they had been dealing with.

   • 2005, Joshua David Bellin, Framing monsters: fantasy film and social alienation

     Shortly thereafter, a supervirus destroys nearly all human life on earth, driving the few survivors underground.

   • 2008, Deirdre Day-MacLeod, Viruses and Spam

     Even more amazing is the idea that the next supervirus could be created as easily by a high school student as it could by a computer scientist.