Human immunodeficiency virus 2

HIV (

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A retrovirus that causes AIDS by infecting helper T cells of the immune system. The most common serotype, HIV-1, is distributed worldwide, while HIV-2 is primarily confined to West Africa.

[h(uman) i(mmunodeficiency) v(irus).]

HIV

abbreviation for

(Medicine / Pathology) human immunodeficiency virus; the cause of AIDS. Two strains have been identified: HIV-1 and HIV-2

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Short for human immunodeficiency virus. Any of various strains of a retrovirus of the genus Lentivirus that cause AIDS by infecting the body's immune system.

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Noun	1.	HIV - infection by the human immunodeficiency virus viral infection, virus infection - infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
	2.	HIV - the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells human immunodeficiency virus retrovirus - any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell

Translations

HIV

A. N ABBR =human immunodeficiency virus → VIH m
HIV positive/negative → VIH positivo/negativo

B. CPD HIV virus N → virus m VIH

HIV [ˌeɪtʃaɪˈviː] (=human immunodeficiency virus)

n → VIH m, HIV m

modif [infection] → par le VIH; [test, testing] → pour le VIH
the HIV virus → le virus VIH HIV-negative, HIV-positive

HIV abbr of human immunodeficiency virus → HIV nt; HIV positive/negative → HIV-positiv/-negativ

HIV [ˌeɪtʃaɪˈviː] n abbr =human immunodeficiency virus → HIV m inv

HIV

abbr HIV [ˌeitʃ ai ˈviː]

human immunodeficiency virus; a virus that causes AIDS. MIV فيروس فقدان المناعه: الأيدْز ХИВ HIV hiv HIV-Virus ο ιός που προκαλεί Έιτζ HIV HIV ويروس ايدز HIV VIA נְגִיף הָאֵיידס एचआईवी HIV HIV-vírus HIV HIV エイズウイルス 인체 면역 결핍 바이러스 ŽIV (žmogaus imunodeficito virusas) HIV HIV hiv-virus, aidsvirus hiv HIV ВИЧ, вирус иммунодефицита человека HIV – imunodeficienčný vírus virus HIV SIDA hiv เชื่อโรคเอดส์ bağışıklık sistemini bozan virüs 愛滋病毒(縮寫) вірус імунного дефіциту людини وہ وائرس جس سے ایڈز ہو جاتا ہے vi rút HIV 艾滋病病毒（缩写式）

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