HIV
Definitions of HIV
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the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cellssynonyms: human immunodeficiency virustype of:retrovirusany of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
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infection by the human immunodeficiency virus
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