Arv
AIDS-related virus.
See under .
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a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
Historical Examples
This time it was only a few minutes before arv Hanson gave a cry of warning.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X Victor Appleton
arv Hanson machined several parts and molded the plastic face mask to Tom’s specifications.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
I’d better start with a skin-diving suit made of that molded plastic arv is turning out.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
“Maybe Bud surfaced out at sea somewhere,” arv Hanson suggested.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
By four o’clock Tom had the apparatus perfected, and turned it over to arv Hanson for fast duplication.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
Churning along the graveled road, Tom and arv passed the launching area.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
This root is liable to mix with another, arv, p. 109, of precisely opposite meaning.
The River-Names of Europe Robert Ferguson
They and their two shipmates flew back to the mainland with Tom and arv for a celebration dinner in town.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
He sped to arv Hanson’s workshop, and the new hydrolung suits were loaded onto a small pickup truck and taken to the airfield.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
As soon as he had eaten, Tom phoned arv Hanson, who arrived at the lab in a few moments.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor Appleton
abbreviation
armed response vehicle
ARV abbr.
AIDS-related virus
AIDS-related virus
American Revised Version
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