human immunodeficiency virus

English

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Noun

human immunodeficiency virus (plural human immunodeficiency viruses)

1. Either of two related viruses ( (HIV-1) and (HIV-2)) that progressively destroy the body's immune system and can lead to AIDS.

Synonyms

• (viruses): HIV, house in Virginia (euphemistic)

Hypernyms

• retrovirus

Hyponyms

• human immunodeficiency virus 1 (“HIV-1”)
• human immunodeficiency virus 2 (“HIV-2”)

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• simian immunodeficiency virus (“SIV”)

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), 人类免疫缺陷病毒 (zh) (rénlèi miǎnyì quēxiàn bìngdú)

• Finnish: HI-virus (fi)
• French: virus de l’immunodéficience humaine m
• German: Humanes Immundefizienz-Virus n
• Irish: víreas easpa imdhíonachta daonna m
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• 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
• Venda: tshitshi phenyamasole a muvhili