Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

human papillomavirus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man -pa-pil-lo-mavirus
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

human papillomaviruses (plural) human papilloma virus (alternative)

Phrases

genital wart Pap smear

Frequently Paired Words

genital wart Pap smear verruca BPV bovine papillomavirus SPV Shope papilloma virus

Synonyms

HPV

Questions

What does human papillomavirus mean?: 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.

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