HIVnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌeɪtʃ.aɪˈviː/us/ˌeɪtʃ.aɪˈviː/abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus: the virus that causes AIDS (= a serious disease that destroys the body's ability to fight infection)
Examples
- The HIV virus gradually destroys the body's immune system.
- We were shown a video about HIV and AIDS, made by someone who has lived with HIV for five years.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
- adenovirus
- antimicrobial
- bacteriology
- bacteriophage
- C. difficile
- E. coli
- fungal
- fungoid
- fungus
- germ
- HIV-positive
- listeria
- microbe
- microorganism
- mould
- organism
- probiotic
- shitake mushroom
- taenia
- West Nile virus
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Examples from literature
- These are diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria.