Hiv vs Cancer - What's the difference?
hiv | cancer |
(virology)
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
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As nouns the difference between hiv and cancer
is that hiv is initialism of human immunodeficiency virus while cancer is a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.As a proper noun Cancer is
a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.hiv
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* HIV virus (pleonastic) * house in Virginia (euphemistic)See also
* FIV * SIV ----cancer
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* (wikipedia "cancer")Noun
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