HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does human immunodeficiency virus mean? • HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (noun)
The noun HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS has 1 sense:
1. the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
Familiarity information: HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (noun)
Meaning:
The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
human immunodeficiency virus; HIV
Hypernyms ("human immunodeficiency virus" is a kind of...):
retrovirus (any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA))
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