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Noun: HIV  ,eych'I'vee
  1. Infection by the human immunodeficiency virus
     
  2. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
    - human immunodeficiency virus

Type of: retrovirus, viral infection, virus infection

Encyclopedia: HIV

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