HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2

Meaning of HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 in English

a retrovirus closely related to simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and less closely related to HIV-1. HIV-2 is found primarily in West Africa. Symptoms of HIV-2 infection are similar to those of HIV-1 but are typically milder and take longer to develop. There are 5 known types of HIV-2 (A through E). (hiv-2)

AIDS English Glossary. Английский словарь СПИДа. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUMAN — adj 1. human; 2. humane; litteras human humane letters, humanities
Interlingua English vocab
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — noun Date: 1969 inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies or immunologically sensitized T cells especially in response to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VIRUS — I Microscopic, simple infectious agent that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria. Viruses are much …
Английский словарь Британика
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — Defect in immunity that impairs the body's ability to resist infection. The immune system may fail to function for many …
Английский словарь Британика
HUMAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) human engineering human immunodeficiency virus human evolution Human Genome Project human nature human rights …
Английский словарь Британика
VIRUS — I. ˈvīrəs noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin, slimy liquid, poison, stench; akin to Old English wāse mire, marsh, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — "ˌ noun Etymology: immuno- + deficiency : inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies or immunologically sensitized T cells …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMAN — (a.) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMAN — ( a. ) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — — immunodeficient , adj. /im'yeuh noh di fish"euhn see, i myooh'-/ , n. , pl. immunodeficiencies . impairment of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMAN — — humanlike , adj. — humanness , n. /hyooh"meuhn/ or, often, /yooh"-/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — n. inability of the immune system to fight off infections due to a genetic or acquired disease
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUMAN — adj. of human beings, of people; by people, for human beings, like people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUMAN — I. ˈhyü-mən, ˈyü- adjective Etymology: Middle English humain, from Anglo-French, from Latin humanus; akin to Latin homo human being — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VIRUS — noun ( plural vi·rus·es ) Etymology: Latin, venom, poisonous emanation; akin to Greek ios poison, Sanskrit viṣa; in senses 2 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — noun Date: 1969 : inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies or immunologically sensitized T cells especially in response …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VIRUS — vi contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, ·etc.; applied to organic poisons. 2. …
Webster English vocab
HUMAN — noun a human being. 2. human ·adj belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; …
Webster English vocab
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — ■ noun Medicine reduced ability of the immune system to protect the body from infection.
Concise Oxford English vocab
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — [im.mu.no.de.fi.cien.cy] n (1969): inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies or immunologically sensitized T cells esp. in response to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUMAN — [hu.man] adj [ME humain, fr. MF, fr. L humanus; akin to L homo human being--more at homage] (14c) 1: of, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VIRUS — an infectious agent of small size and simple composition that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
HUMAN — human BrE AmE ˈhjuːm ən § \ ˈjuːm- ▷ human|ly li ▷ human|ness nəs nɪs ▷ human|s z ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VIRUS — / ˈvaɪrəs; NAmE / noun 1. a living thing, too small to be seen without a microscope , that causes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — / ɪˌmjuːnəʊdɪˈfɪʃnsi; NAmE -noʊd-/ (also imˈmune deficiency ) noun [ U ] a medical condition in which your body does …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMAN — / ˈhjuːmən; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] of or connected with people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VIRUS — vi ‧ rus W3 /ˈvaɪərəs $ ˈvaɪrəs/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: 'thick slippery …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUMAN — I. hu ‧ man 1 S2 W1 /ˈhjuːmən/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ human , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2 — 2 /tuː/ BrE AmE written informal a way of writing ‘to’ or ‘too’, used especially in emails and ↑ text …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — n. a reduction in a person's normal immune defences.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HUMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — n. a reduction in a person's normal immune defences.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUMAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — n. a reduction in a person's normal immune defences.
Oxford English vocab
HUMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Oxford English vocab
VIRUS — ( viruses) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A virus is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMAN — ( humans) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Human means relating to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMAN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a human chain (= a large number of people who form a line, a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — [noun] [U] [specialized]Immunodeficiency is the body's inability to produce enough antibodies to fight bacteria and viruses, often resulting in infection …
Cambridge English vocab
VIRUS — n. human immunodeficiency virus computer virus Epstein Barr virus plant virus polyoma virus West Nile virus
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VIRUS — n. Microscopic, simple infectious agent that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria. Viruses are much …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — n. Defect in immunity that impairs the body's ability to resist infection. The immune system may fail to function for …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HUMAN — n. human factors engineering human engineering human immunodeficiency virus human evolution Human Genome Project human nature human rights human sacrifice …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HUMAN — I. adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of mankind problems of human relationships Synonyms: hominine, mortal Related Word: anthropological, ethnologic, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
VIRUS — noun 1 sth that causes disease; a disease ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly , killer , lethal ▪ nasty ▪ virulent ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
VIRUS — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Viruses actinophage morbillivirus adenovirus myxovirus alphavirus oncornavirus arbovirus orbivirus arenavirus papillomavirus bacteriophage papovavirus baculovirus …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMAN — n. 25B6; adjective the human race : anthropoid. they're only human : MORTAL, flesh and blood; fallible, weak, frail, imperfect, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
2 — < convention , character > In names of translation software, infix 2 often represents the word "to" with the connotation …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
HUMAN — adj. 1 mortal, anthropoid, hominoid, android; hominid; Possibly offensive manlike The aliens from the spaceship had few human characteristics It …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — Inabillity to mount a normal immune response. Immunodeficiency can be due to a genetic disease or acquired as in AIDS …
English Dictionary of Medicine
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — The decreased ability of the body to fight infection and disease.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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Jargon File English vocabulary
2 — In translation software written by hackers, infix 2 often represents the syllable to with the connotation `translate to': as in …
Jargon File English vocabulary
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — the inability of the immune system to work properly, resulting in susceptibility to disease. Immunodeficiency may be either congenital (present …
AIDS English Glossary
HUMAN — adjective BAD : The human's brain works better in the morning. GOOD : The human brain works better in the …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
VIRUS — noun (Science and Technology) A computer program or section of programming code which is designed to sabotage a computer system …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
VIRUS — лат.; сущ. 1) вирус There are many different strains of flu virus. ≈ Имеется много штаммов вируса гриппа. Hackers are …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
IMMUNODEFICIENCY — мед. иммунная недостаточность (медицина) иммунная недостаточность
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMAN — 1. прил. 1) людской, человеческий 2) свойственный человеку 3) социальный, общественный human interest ≈ общественный интерес 2. сущ.; шутл. 1) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VIRUS — virus.ogg ʹvaı(ə)rəs n 1. спец. вирус; заразное начало virus disease - вирусное заболевание 2. яд the virus of an asp …
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