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HIV
HIV


noun 
Definition:
 
virus disabling immune system: either of two strains of a retrovirus, HIV-1 or HIV-2, that destroys the immune system's helper T cells, the loss of which causes AIDS.
Full form  human immunodeficiency virus
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