HPV

English

Noun

HPV (countable and uncountable, plural HPVs)

Initialism of human papillomavirus.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280:
  Vaccination against some HPV strains can drastically decrease cervical cancer risk.
Initialism of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
Initialism of human-powered vehicle.
(uncountable) Abbreviation of hydrogen peroxide vapor.

Synonyms

(hydrogen peroxide vapor): VHP (“vaporous hydrogen peroxide”)

Related terms

(hydrogen peroxide vapor): HPGP (“hydrogen peroxide gas plasma”), LHP (“liquid hydrogen peroxide”), HP (“hydrogen peroxide”)

See also

hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
human papillomavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

PHV, VHP

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