human immunodeficiency virus
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human immunodeficiency virus
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The name was first proposed by a subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses on 1 May 1986 in the Nature journal (as human immunodeficiency virus, along with its initialism HIV), in an effort to establish an internationally acceptable name to replace “the multiplicity of names currently in use”. However, the term is first attested on 11 April 1986 in the Capital Gay newspaper (as human immune deficiency virus).
noun human immunodeficiency viruses · human immune deficiency virus
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Either of the two species of retroviruses that infect cells in the human immune system and can potentially lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Similar: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS virus, HIV virus, house in Virginia, human T-lymphotropic virus III, HTLV-III, lymphadenopathy-associated virus, LAV
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noun human immunodeficiency virus
| Español | virus de inmunodeficiencia humana |
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| 한국어 | 인간면역결핍 바이러스 in'ganmyeonyeokgyeolpip baireoseu |
| 日本語 | 人免疫不全ウイルス hito men'eki fuzen uirusu |
| 中文 | 人類免疫缺陷病毒 /人类免疫缺陷病毒 rénlèi miǎnyì quēxiàn bìngdú |
| Kiswahili | virusi vya UKIMWI |
| Français | virus de l'immunodéficience humaine |
| Deutsch | Humanes Immundefizienz-Virus |
| Italiano | virus dell'immunodeficienza umana |
| Русский | ви́рус иммунодефици́та челове́ка vírus immunodeficíta čelovéka |
Talk about this word "human immunodeficiency virus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/human%20immunodeficiency%20virus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. human immunodeficiency virus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/human%20immunodeficiency%20virus "human immunodeficiency virus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/human%20immunodeficiency%20virus.Cite this
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title = {human immunodeficiency virus},
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