HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human immunodeficiency virus mean? 

• HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (noun)
  The noun HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("human immunodeficiency virus" 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 

A protein isolated from the cyanobacterium Nostoc ellipsosporum with activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Cyanovirin-N, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used with other drugs to treat infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Efavirenz, NCI Dictionary)

A tyrosyl-based arylsulfonamide inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease.

(Brecanavir, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment with drugs that inhibit the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other types of retroviruses to multiply in the body.

(Antiretroviral therapy, NCI Dictionary)

An enzyme immunoassay for the qualitative detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency viruses in human serum or plasma.

(Anti-HIV2 Enzyme Immunoassay, NCI Thesaurus)

Efavirenz binds directly to the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RT, an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, blocking its function in viral DNA replication.

(Efavirenz, NCI Thesaurus)

A modified quinolone antibiotic with activity against human immunodeficiency virus 1.

(Elvitegravir, NCI Thesaurus)

A natural plant alkyloid with activity against human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) 1 and 2.

(Michellamine B, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydroxyethylamine-based peptidomimetic inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease.

(Palinavir, NCI Thesaurus)

The calcium salt form of fosamprenavir, prodrug of amprenavir, and a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor with antiviral property.

(Fosamprenavir Calcium, NCI Thesaurus)