human t-cell leukemia virus-1

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   retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia

   SynonymsHTLV-1

   Broaderretrovirus

Questions about human t-cell leukemia virus-1

What does human t-cell leukemia virus-1 mean?

human t-cell leukemia virus-1 means "retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia".

What is another word for human t-cell leukemia virus-1?

Close synonyms include HTLV-1. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is human t-cell leukemia virus-1 a common word?

human t-cell leukemia virus-1 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.