medusavirus

Meaning

Noun

  • A giant virus infecting amoebae causing them to shrivel and harden.

Origin

  • . From being a virus which can turn amoeba into stone-like cysts. From Medusa, the Greek mythological figure which could petrify people with a glance.

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