"ious" means viruses.
what does the prefix ious mean
The suffix -ious means relation to. This is shown in factious.
I owe you
Some words that end in 'ious' are:ambitiousamphibiousanxiousatrociousaudaciousauspiciousbiliousbodaciouscapriciouscautiousceremoniousconscientiousconsciouscontagiouscontentiouscopiouscuriousdeliciousdeliriousdeviousdubiousenviousexpeditiousfacetiousfastidiousfeloniousferociousfictitiousflirtatiousfuriousgloriousgraciousgregariousharmonioushilariousimperiousimperviousimpiousinauspiciousindustriousinfectiousingeniousinjuriousinsidiousjudiciouslaboriouslicentiouslitigiouslusciousluxuriousmaliciousmelodiousmeritoriousmysteriousnefariousnotoriousnoxiousnutritiousobliviousobnoxiousobviousodiousofficiousostentatiousparsimoniouspenuriousperniciouspiousprecariouspreciousprecociousprestigiouspretentiouspreviouspreviousprodigiousrambunctiousrebelliousreligiousrepetitioussalaciousscrumptiousseditiousseriousspaciousspeciousspuriousstudioussuperstitioussurreptitioussuspicioustedioustenaciousvaingloriousvariousvicariousviciousvictoriousvivaciousvoracious
delicious
There are none in English.
contagiouscuriousdeliciousenviousfuriousgloriousgraciousgregariousharmonioushilariouslaboriouslusciousluxuriousmaliciousmelodiousnotoriousnutritiousodiousparsimoniousprecariousprestigiouspiouspreciousreligiousserioussalacioussuperstitiousspacioussuspiciousviciousvivacious
conscientiouscuriousdeliciousdeliriousdubiousenviousferociousfuriousgregariousharmonioushilariouslaboriouslusciousobnoxiousobviouspiouspreciousprecociousscrumptioussuperstitiousseriousviciousvictoriousvoluminous
anx-ious
anx-ious-ly
It is etymologically rooted in "gene" and "ous." "Gene" refers to the most basic unit of life, and "ous" comes from the Greek, meaning abundant, or full of. "-geneous," then, means "full of life."