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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. |
lym⋅phad⋅e⋅nop⋅a⋅thy-as⋅so⋅ci⋅at⋅ed vi⋅rus
[lim-fad-n-op-uh-thee-uh-soh-shee-ey-tid, -see-ey-, lim-fuh-dn-] .–noun
| See under AIDS virus. Abbreviation: LAV |
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| LAV (ěl'ā-vē') n. HIV. [l(ymphadenopathy-)a(ssociated) v(irus).] |
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LAV abbr.
lymphadenopathy-associated virus
lymphadenopathy-associated virus n.
Abbr. LAV
See HIV.
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| LAV lymphadenopathy-associated virus |
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