1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Hiv

Definition of Hiv in English :

Define Hiv in English

Hiv meaning in English

Meaning of Hiv in English

Pronunciation of Hiv in English

Hiv pronunciation in English

Pronounce Hiv in English

Hiv

see synonyms of hiv

Noun

1. hiv

infection by the human immunodeficiency virus

2. hiv, human immunodeficiency virus

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hiv

see synonyms of hiv
abbreviation for
human immunodeficiency virus; the cause of AIDS. Two strains have been identified: HIV-1 and HIV-2

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hiv

see synonyms of hiv
noun
either of two retroviruses that infect human T cells and cause AIDS

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hiv

see synonyms of hiv
n.
A retrovirus of the genus Lentivirus that causes AIDS by infecting helper T cells of the immune system. The most common serotype, HIV-1, is distributed worldwide, while HIV-2 is primarily confined to West Africa.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

quondam

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: fwrite(): write of 34 bytes failed with errno=28 No space left on device

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 263

Backtrace:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_write_close(): Failed to write session data using user defined save handler. (session.save_path: /home/admin/tmp)

Filename: Unknown

Line Number: 0

Backtrace: