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Who gave the name virus? What does it mean​

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The term virus was first used by MARTINUS Beijerinck.

Explanation:

  • The term virus CAME from a Latin origin which means poison or a poisonous liquid.

  • In the field of VIROLOGY, Louis Pasteur and Edward Jenner were the initial scientists to make vaccines against viruses but they did not have any idea about the existence of a virus.

  • It was Ivanovsky who put up an EXPERIMENT on tobacco plants which lead to the discovery of the virus.

  • However, the WORD virus was first coined by Martinus Beijerinck.


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