human immunodeficiency virus

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noun

the full name for HIV

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Words nearby human immunodeficiency virus

Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, Human Genome Project, human geography, human growth hormone, humanics, human immunodeficiency virus, human interest, human-interest story, humanism, humanist, humanistic psychology

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How to use human immunodeficiency virus in a sentence

The editors, writers, and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo were human beings with families, friends, and loved ones.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist|Judnick Mayard|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
He must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
How is it that one instant of time should work those effects in the human mind which are so lasting in their results!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Few persons can attain to adult life without being profoundly impressed by the appalling inequalities of our human lot.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

Scientific definitions for human immunodeficiency virus

human immunodeficiency virus

See HIV.