HPV

H4P3V4

A form of human papillomavirus — Any of a large number of virus species or subspecies in the family Papillomaviridae that affect humans, sometimes causing cervical or other cancer; infection with such a virus is sometimes classified as a sexually transmitted disease.

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Meanings

nounHPV (countable and uncountable, plural HPVs)

plural HPVs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of human papillomavirus.

    Vaccination against some HPV strains can drastically decrease cervical cancer risk.

    2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280
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    Men who lost out on the HPV vaccine while in school will now be able to avail of it free up to the age of 22 years under an expanded roll out from next Tuesday.

    2023 August 23, “HPV vaccine catch-up programme extended to men up to age 22 who lost out on school jab”, in Independent.ie
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of human-powered vehicle.
  4. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of hydrogen peroxide vapor.

    Synonyms: VHP

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
human papillomavirus

Translations

French VPH
  • VPHinitialism of human papillomavirus
Hungarian HPV
  • HPVinitialism of human papillomavirus
Polish HPV
  • HPVinitialism of human papillomavirus
Spanish VPH
  • VPHinitialism of human papillomavirus
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APA

HPV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HPV

MLA

“HPV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HPV. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HPV,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HPV.

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