simian immunodeficiency virus

noun

A species of retrovirus that causes persistent infections in several species of African non-human primates.

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Meanings

nounsimian immunodeficiency virus (plural simian immunodeficiency viruses)

plural simian immunodeficiency viruses · alternative SIV

  1. biologyA species of retrovirus that causes persistent infections in several species of African non-human primates.
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