HIV

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does HIV mean? 

• HIV (noun)
  The noun HIV has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: HIV used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIV (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infection by the human immunodeficiency virus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("HIV" is a kind of...):

viral infection; virus infection (infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

HIV; human immunodeficiency virus

Hypernyms ("HIV" is a kind of...):

retrovirus (any 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)

 Context examples 

In addition, acetylcysteine has inhibited viral stimulation by reactive oxygen intermediates, thereby producing antiviral activity in HIV patients.

(Acetylcysteine, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

In B-lymphocytes, NF-kB binds to the immunoglobulin kappa light chain enhancer and in T-lymphocytes it binds to enhancers in virally infected cells, including HIV.

(NF-kB, NCI Thesaurus)

In combination with other antiretroviral drugs, nevirapine reduces HIV viral loads and increases CD4 counts, thereby retarding or preventing the damage to the immune system and reducing the risk of developing AIDS.

(Nevirapine, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to treat infection with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS).

(Norvir, NCI Dictionary)

Elucidate the progression of HIV infection, from its earliest stages through long-term sequelae.

(Natural History of Progression of HIV-related Diseases, NCI Thesaurus)

This study suggests that 3BNC117 is safe in people and could help to control HIV.

(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)

An epithelial hyperplasia of the oral cavity mucosa associated with Epstein-Barr virus and found almost exclusively in persons with HIV infection.

(Oral Cavity Hairy Leukoplakia, NCI Thesaurus)

Parasitic worms, which infect millions of people and other animals around the world, influence how the immune system responds to diseases like HIV and tuberculosis.

(Treatment for parasitic worms helps animals survive infectious diseases--and spread them, NSF)

A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(AIDS, NCI Dictionary)