human immunodeficiency virus

English

Noun

human immunodeficiency virus (plural human immunodeficiency viruses)

Either of two related viruses (Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and Human immunodeficiency virus 2 (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 anbavararutʿyan virus)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人類免疫缺陷病毒 (zh), 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

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

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