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Hiv vs Sida - What's the difference?

hiv | sida |

As nouns the difference between hiv and sida

is that hiv is initialism of human immunodeficiency virus while sida is {{cx|botany|lang=en}} Any of the flowering plants of the genus Sida in the mallow family.

hiv

English

Noun

(-)
  • (virology)

    • Synonyms

    * HIV virus (pleonastic) * house in Virginia (euphemistic)

    See also

    * FIV * SIV ----

    sida

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the flowering plants of the genus Sida in the mallow family.
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