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HIV

 
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human immunodeficiency virus.
See under AIDS virus.
Tracking HIV Labs
Your cell phone can be a tool in your HIV therapy. Here's how.
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AIDS Healthcare Fdn.
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www.AIDShealth.org

AIDS virus

 
–noun
a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3), and AIDS-related virus (ARV), the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
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HIV   (āch'ī-vē')   
n.  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).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

HIV [(aych-eye-vee)]

An abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

HIV 
1986, acronym from "human immunodeficiency virus," name for either of the two viruses that cause AIDS.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: AIDS virus
Function: noun
: HIV

Main Entry: HIV
Pronunciation: "A-"chI-'vE
Function: noun
: any of several retroviruses and especially HIV-1 that infect and destroy helper T cells of theimmune system causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of AIDS called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

HIV (āch'ī-vē')
n.
Human immunodeficiency virus; a cytopathic retrovirus that is the cause of AIDS. Also called AIDS-related virus, human T-cell leukemia virus type III, human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type III, lymphadenopathy-associated virus.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
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