"HPV" meaning in English

See HPV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: HPVs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} HPV (countable and uncountable, plural HPVs)
  1. Initialism of human papillomavirus. Wikidata QID: Q69999790 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: human papillomavirus Translations (initialism of human papillomavirus): VPH [masculine] (French), HPV (Hungarian), HPV [neuter] (Polish), VPH [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-HPV-en-noun-en:Q69999790 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 4 17 13 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 53 7 17 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 1 7 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 1 18 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 1 17 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 4 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 67 7 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 73 4 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 77 1 11 11 Disambiguation of 'initialism of human papillomavirus': 89 4 6 2
  2. Initialism of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
    Sense id: en-HPV-en-noun-zj19-NCn
  3. Initialism of human-powered vehicle. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: human-powered vehicle
    Sense id: en-HPV-en-noun-u0ElsaEX
  4. (uncountable) Abbreviation of hydrogen peroxide vapor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: hydrogen peroxide vapor Synonyms (hydrogen peroxide vapor): VHP (english: vaporous hydrogen peroxide) Related terms (hydrogen peroxide vapor): HPGP (english: hydrogen peroxide gas plasma), LHP (english: liquid hydrogen peroxide), HP (english: hydrogen peroxide)
    Sense id: en-HPV-en-noun-MWfagF~q Disambiguation of 'hydrogen peroxide vapor': 3 1 1 95 Disambiguation of 'hydrogen peroxide vapor': 3 1 1 95

Inflected forms

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