WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
HTLV-3, 
  1. Microbiologyhuman T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3. See under AIDS virus. Also, HTLV-III. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
AIDS′ vi′rus, 
  1. Microbiologya variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV,) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3), and AIDS-related virus (ARV,) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.

'HTLV-3' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS virus - human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3

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