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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)(health)
Serenissima(dictionary)
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combined immunodeficiency(medicine)
immunodeficiency with elevated IgM(medicine)
immunodeficiency with hypoparathyroidism(medicine)

human immunodeficiency virus (medicine) and Serenissima (iou)


human immunodeficiency virus (medicine)


human immunodeficiency virus
<virology> A type of retrovirus (human immunodeficiency virus) that is responsible for the fatal illness acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Two strains have been identified.

Type 1: the retrovirus recognised as the agent that induces AIDS.

Type 2: a virus closely related to HIV-1 that also leads to immune suppression. HIV-2 is not as virulent as HIV-1 and is epidemic only in West Africa.

Acronym: HIV


Serenissima (iou)



Serenissima noun. E20.
[Italian, fem. of serenissimo most serene.]
La Serenissima [la], The Serenissima, Venice; the former Venetian Republic.