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English
Etymology
Initialism.
Proper noun
ERV
- (biblical) Initialism of English Revised Version.
Noun
ERV (countable and uncountable, plural ERVs)
- (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.
- (countable, astronautics, space flight) Initialism of Earth return vehicle.
- Hypernym: RV
- (countable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilator.
- (uncountable, HVAC) Initialism of energy recovery ventilation.
Hypernyms
(endogenous 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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