| NOUN | animal | human immunodeficiency virus, HIV | the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
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| Meaning | The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells. | |
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| Synonym | HIV | |
| Broader | retrovirus | Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA) |
| Spanish | VIH, virus de inmunodeficiencia humana | |
| Catalan | VIH | |
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