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human_papillomavirus

human papillomavirus

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human papillomavirus (uncountable)

  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.

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