human T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus (or lymphocytotrophic virus) – a family of viruses that includes HTLV-I, which causes lymphoma. *HIV (the AIDS virus) was formerly called HTLV-III.
a type of *personality disorder characterized by excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, self-dramatization, inappropriately seductive behaviour, and an excessive need for approval. It affects more women than men. Classified as a specific personality disorder in DSM-IV-TR, in DSM-5 it is treated as a subtype of *narcissistic personality disorder.
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) a *retrovirus responsible for *AIDS. There are two varieties, HIV-1 and HIV-2; the latter is most common in Africa. See also HTLV.... histrionic personality disorder
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