HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human papilloma virus mean? 

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

1. any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of papovaviruses associated with genital or oral carcinomas or a group associated with benign genital tumors

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("human papilloma virus" is a kind of...):

papovavirus (any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas)

 Context examples 

A cervical squamous cell carcinoma associated with human papilloma virus infection.

(Human Papillomavirus-Related Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of a number of strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) that have been shown to cause cancer in humans.

(HPV-High Risk, NCI Thesaurus)

DNA probes specific for the identification of human papilloma virus.

(HPV DNA Probes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A DNA vaccine consisting of plasmids encoding the E6 and E7 genes of human papilloma virus (HPV) subtypes 16 and 18, respectively, with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(HPV DNA Plasmids Therapeutic Vaccine VGX-3100, NCI Thesaurus)

HeLa cells have been reported to contain human papilloma virus 18 (HPV-18) sequences.

(HeLa, NCI Thesaurus)