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HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

HIV; human immunodeficiency virus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell)

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 Context examples: 

In the body fosamprenavir is metabolized to amprenavir, a synthetic derivative of hydroxyethylamine sulfonamide that selectively binds to and inhibits human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease.

(Fosamprenavir, NCI Thesaurus)

A short polypeptide with activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Enfuvirtide, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections with medications that target the virus directly, limiting the ability of infected cells to produce new HIV particles.

(Anti-HIV Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug that inhibits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS.

(AZT, NCI Dictionary)

A Kaposi sarcoma arising from the stomach in patients who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

(AIDS-Related Gastric Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It presents in patients who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

(AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Any agent that prevents the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from reproducing.

(Anti-HIV Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Types of cancer that are more likely to occur in people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(AIDS-related cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(AIDS, NCI Dictionary)

Certain cancer types that are more likely to occur in people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(AIDS-Related Malignant Neoplasm, NCI Dictionary)