Associations to the word «Hiv»

Wiktionary

HIV, noun. (virology) Initialism of human immunodeficiency virus.
HIV NEGATIVE, adjective. Not infected by the HIV virus
HIV POSITIVE, adjective. Infected by the HIV virus
HIV VIRUS, noun. (virology) A common (but pleonastic) variant form of the initialism HIV.

Dictionary definition

HIV, noun. Infection by the human immunodeficiency virus.
HIV, noun. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley