Meanings
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of human immunodeficiency virus.First known use 1986
There have been other drugs since reticulose that I became aware of the successes of, some even able to claim "cure," even turning people from HIV-positive to negative.
1998, Gavin Dillard, In the Flesh: Undressing for Success, page 1412 more examples
Accordingly, we varied HIV transmission probability per coital act, duration of each HIV stage, frequency of coital acts per HIV stage, duration of partnership, degree of assortativeness, scale parameter in the gamma distribution of the population across the risk groups, and exponent parameter in the power-law function of the distribution of sexual-risk behavior.
2015 December 31, “Investigating Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program Efficiency Gains through Subpopulation Prioritization: Insights from Application to Zambia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOIA 2013 study found the HIV rate among injecting IPED users in England and Wales was 1.5 percent, comparable to 1.2 percent among users of psychoactive drugs like heroin and crack.
2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023Synonyms: human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS virus, HIV virus, house in Virginia, human T-lymphotropic virus III, HTLV-III, lymphadenopathy-associated virus, LAV
- broadlyuncountablebiologyThe infection caused by HIV.
Synonyms: human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS virus, HIV virus, house in Virginia, human T-lymphotropic virus III, HTLV-III, lymphadenopathy-associated virus, LAV
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableengineeringInitialism of header isolation valve.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of helium isolation valve.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of hydraulic isolation valve.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInitialism of human immunodeficiency virus.
nounThe infection caused by HIV.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans MIV
- MIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
Bulgarian ХИВ
- ХИВ (HIV)human immunodeficiency virus
Catalan VIH
- VIHhuman immunodeficiency virus
Chinese Mandarin 艾滋病毒
- 艾滋病毒 (àizī bìngdú)human immunodeficiency virus
Dutch hiv
- hivhuman immunodeficiency virus
Finnish HI-virus, HIV
- HI-virushuman immunodeficiency virus
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
French VIH
- VIHhuman immunodeficiency virus
German HIV, HI-Virus
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
- HI-Virushuman immunodeficiency virus
Hindi एचआईवी
- एचआईवी (ecaāīvī)human immunodeficiency virus
Icelandic HIV, eyðniveira
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
- eyðniveirahuman immunodeficiency virus
Irish VEID, víreas easpa imdhíonachta daonna
- VEIDhuman immunodeficiency virus
- víreas easpa imdhíonachta daonnahuman immunodeficiency virus
Italian HIV, VIU
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
- VIUhuman immunodeficiency virus
Japanese HIV (etchiaibui), 人免疫不全ウイルス
- HIV (etchiaibui)human immunodeficiency virus
- 人免疫不全ウイルス (hito men'eki fuzen uirusu)human immunodeficiency virus
Lithuanian ŽIV
- ŽIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
Norwegian hiv
- hivhuman immunodeficiency virus
Persian اچآیوی
- اچآیوی (eč-ây-vi)human immunodeficiency virus
Polish HIV
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
Portuguese HIV, VIH
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
- VIHhuman immunodeficiency virus
Russian ВИЧ
- ВИЧ (VIČ)human immunodeficiency virus
Scottish Gaelic HIV
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
Spanish VIH
- VIHhuman immunodeficiency virus
Swahili VVU
- VVUhuman immunodeficiency virus
Swedish hiv
- hivhuman immunodeficiency virus
Turkish HIV
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
Ukrainian ВІЛ
- ВІЛ (VIL)human immunodeficiency virus
Welsh FDID, firws diffyg imiwnedd dynol
- FDIDhuman immunodeficiency virus
- firws diffyg imiwnedd dynolhuman immunodeficiency virus
- HIVhuman immunodeficiency virus
Cite this entry
HIV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HIV
“HIV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HIV. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HIV,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HIV.
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