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HIV

DEFINITIONS OF: HIV

1

n the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells

Synonyms:
human immunodeficiency virus
Type of:
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

n infection by the human immunodeficiency virus

Type of:
viral infection, virus infection
infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
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