human papilloma virus

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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nounhuman papilloma virus (countable and uncountable, plural human papilloma viruses)

plural human papilloma viruses

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of human papillomavirus.
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