Medical Dictionary
HIV
noun \ˌā-ˌchī-ˈvē\
Medical Definition of HIV
: any of several retroviruses and especially HIV-1 that infect and destroy helper T cells of the immune system causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of AIDS—called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus
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