human papillomavirus

English

Wikispecies

Noun

human papillomavirus (plural human papillomaviruses)

1. Any of a large number of virus species in the family Papillomaviridae that affect humans, sometimes causing cervical or other cancer; it is sometimes classified as a sexually transmitted disease.

Synonyms

• HPV

Translations

virus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人類乳突病毒 / 人类乳突病毒 (zh) (rénlèi rǔtū bìngdú)

• Finnish: ihmisen papillomavirus
• Spanish: virus del papiloma humano m
• Swahili: virusi vya papilloma ya binadamu

See also

• Pap smear
• verruca
• genital wart