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human immunodeficiency virus

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Noun

human immunodeficiency virus (plural human immunodeficiency viruses)

(virology) Either of the two related viruses, human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus 2 (HIV-2) that progressively destroy the body's immune system and can potentially lead to AIDS.
Synonyms: HIV (initialism), house in Virginia (euphemism), AIDS virus (informal)

Hypernyms: retrovirus; virus

Hyponyms: HIV-1, HIV-2, human immunodeficiency virus 1, human immunodeficiency virus 2

Coordinate terms: SIV, simian immunodeficiency virus

Translations

human immunodeficiency virus

Armenian: մարդու իմունային անբավարարության վիրուս (mardu imunayin anbavararutʻyan virus)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人類免疫缺陷病毒／人类免疫缺陷病毒 (zh) (rénlèi miǎnyì quēxiàn bìngdú)
Esperanto: homa imunonesufiĉestiga viruso
Finnish: HI-virus (fi)
French: virus de l’immunodéficience humaine (fr) m
German: Humanes Immundefizienz-Virus n
Irish: víreas easpa imdhíonachta daonna m
Italian: virus dell'immunodeficienza umana m
Japanese: 人免疫不全ウイルス (ja) (hito men'eki fuzen uirusu)
Korean: 인간면역결핍 바이러스 (in'ganmyeonyeokgyeolpip baireoseu)
Navajo: atsʼíís yichʼą́ą́h naabaah bąąh dahooʼaʼ
Russian: ви́рус иммунодефици́та челове́ка (ru) m (vírus immunodeficíta čelovéka)
Spanish: virus de inmunodeficiencia humana m
Swahili: virusi vya UKIMWI
Venda: tshitshi phenyamasole a muvhili

See also

AIDS (“acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”)
ARC (“AIDS-related complex”)

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