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ARV

ARV is the initialism of antiretroviral.

ARV is the initialism of approximate retail value.

ARV is the initialism of armored recovery vehicle.

ARV is the initialism of armed response vehicle.

ARV is the initialism of alien reproduction vehicle.

Meaning of antiretroviral

Noun

antiretroviral (plural antiretrovirals)

  1. An agent that combats retroviruses.
    • Inequality, research shows, [is why] we still see Aids-related deaths in an era when we have all the antiretrovirals, HIV prevention pills, vaginal rings, injections and harm-reduction plans needed to end the pandemic.2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian

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Meaning of alien reproduction vehicle

Noun

alien reproduction vehicle (plural alien reproduction vehicles)

  1. A purported advanced craft theorized to be built by humans using technology that mimics or is inspired by supposed extraterrestrial vehicles.
    Synonyms:
    ARV

Forms of ARV

pluralARVs

Words that rhyme with ARV

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Questions about ARV

What is ARV the initialism of?
ARV is the initialism of antiretroviral.

Words near ARV in the dictionary

  1. Arutyunyan
  2. Arutyunyans
  3. Aruwimi
  4. Aruá
  5. Aruã
  6. ARV
  7. arva
  8. Arvada
  9. Arvadite
  10. Arvaikheer
  11. Arvak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ARV (page history and authors); antiretroviral (page history and authors); alien reproduction vehicle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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