ERV

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See also: erv and érv

English

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Etymology

Initialism.

Proper noun

ERV

  1. (biblical) Initialism of English Revised Version.

Noun

ERV (countable and uncountable, plural ERVs)

  1. (countable, virology, biology, genetics) Initialism of endogenous retrovirus.
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 147:
      Sequences derived from ERVs [...] appear to be heavily involved in gene regulatory networks.
  2. (countable, astronautics, space flight) Initialism of Earth return vehicle.
    Hypernym: RV
  3. (countable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilator.
  4. (uncountable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilation.

Hypernyms

(endogenous retrovirus):

  • RV (“retrovirus”)

Hyponyms

(endogenous retrovirus):

  • HERV (“human endogenous retrovirus”)
  • PERV (“porcine endogenous retrovirus”)

Coordinate terms

(spaceflight):

(ventilation/ventilator):

Derived terms

(endogenous retrovirus):

  • HERV (“human endogenous retrovirus”)
  • PERV (“porcine endogenous retrovirus”)

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