Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simian immunodeficiency virus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: simi-an im-mun-od-e-fi-cien-cy virus
IPA

47

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

8

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of retrovirus that causes persistent infections in several species of African non-human primates.

Inflected Forms

simian immunodeficiency viruses (plural) SIV (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

HIV human immunodeficiency virus

Questions

What does simian immunodeficiency virus mean?: A species of retrovirus that causes persistent infections in several species of African non-human primates.

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