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HIV

American  

abbreviation

  1. human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS virus


HIV British  

abbreviation

  1. human immunodeficiency virus; the cause of AIDS. Two strains have been identified: HIV-1 and HIV-2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

HIV Scientific  
/ āch′ī-vē′ /
  1. Short for human immunodeficiency virus. Any of various strains of a retrovirus of the genus Lentivirus that cause AIDS by infecting the body's immune system.


HIV Cultural  
  1. An abbreviation for h uman i mmunodeficiency v irus, the virus that causes AIDS.


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Magic Johnson is relentlessly positive, a quality that has served him well as a player, a businessman and even while living with HIV since 1991.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

HIV advocates, including the Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign, said the flow of information would be one-way and demanded the text be published.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Another new law will enhance access to drugs known as PrEP and PEP, which are aimed at preventing HIV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Over the medium- to long-term, Jefferies sees limited competitive threat and views the Shionogi-GSK HIV portfolio as solid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Once I listened to him give a talk on HIV to a class at the Harvard School of Public Health, and he mentioned the Haitian phrase “looking for life, destroying life.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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