Medical Dictionary
HIV–1
noun \ˌā-ˌchī-ˌvē-ˈwən\
Medical Definition of HIV-1
: a retrovirus of the genus Lentivirus (species Human immunodeficiency virus 1) that is the most prevalent HIV—called also HTLV-III, LAV
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