human papillomavirus

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human papillomavirus (plural human papillomaviruses)

  2. 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.
    Alternative forms: HPV (initialism), human papilloma virus
    Hypernyms: papillomavirus < virus < pathogen, infectious agent
    Coordinate terms: BPV, bovine papillomavirus, SPV, Shope papilloma virus

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