human immunodeficiency virus

British  

noun

1. the full name for HIV

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human immunodeficiency virus Scientific  

1. See HIV

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Example Sentences

HIV is human immunodeficiency virus, which damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections and diseases.

From BBC

The legal dispute centered on who devised the idea of using a Gilead medication for people at high risk of contracting H.I.V., or the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS.

From New York Times

Researchers later determined it was caused by HIV — human immunodeficiency virus — which weakens a person’s immune system by destroying cells that fight disease and infection.

From Seattle Times

It can take three months after exposure for the bloodstream to accumulate enough antibodies to test positive for human immunodeficiency virus, or H.I.V.

From New York Times

He also said he has a “great deal of optimism about the program,” saying it was similar to earlier government programs to fight the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, and hepatitis C.

From Washington Times