HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS-1

 Dictionary entry overview: What does human T-cell leukemia virus-1 mean? 

• HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS-1 (noun)
  The noun HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS-1 has 1 sense:

1. retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia

  Familiarity information: HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS-1 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS-1 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

HTLV-1; human T-cell leukemia virus-1

Hypernyms ("human T-cell leukemia virus-1" 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)