human immunodeficiency virus
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human immunodeficiency virus
n.
See HIV.
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human immunodeficiency virus
n
(Pathology) the full name for HIV
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Noun | 1. | human immunodeficiency virus - the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells 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 |
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hu·man im·mu·no·de·fi·cien·cy vi·rus
n. virus de inmunodeficiencia humana, retrovirus del SIDA.
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