Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
The retrovirus that is at least partially responsible for AIDS. At this time it is not clear what other disorders besides AIDS may come from HIV infections. AIDS is a syndrome, partially (perhaps totally) produced by HIV. As with EBV, it is quite possible that the virus may cause only moderate immunosuppression in some people, while in others it will progress further to AIDS. the jury (all of them/us) is still out.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Medical
- Category: Herbal medicine
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Pesticides(2181)
- Organic fertilizers(10)
- Potassium fertilizers(8)
- Herbicides(5)
- Fungicides(1)
- Insecticides(1)
Agricultural chemicals(2207) Terms
- Legal documentation(5)
- Technical publications(1)
- Marketing documentation(1)
Documentation(7) Terms
- General law(5868)
- Courts(823)
- Patent & trademark(449)
- DNA forensics(434)
- Family law(220)
- Legal aid (criminal)(82)
Legal services(8095) Terms
- Wireless networking(199)
- Modems(93)
- Firewall & VPN(91)
- Networking storage(39)
- Routers(3)
- Network switches(2)
Network hardware(428) Terms
- Ceramics(605)
- Fine art(254)
- Sculpture(239)
- Modern art(176)
- Oil painting(114)
- Beadwork(40)