SINCE 1828
anti-HPV
adjective
an·ti-HPV
| \ -ˌāch-(ˌ)pē-ˈvē
\
\
Medical Definition of anti-HPV
: acting against or preventing infection with human papillomavirus
an anti-HPV vaccine Screening should continue in all vaccinated women, given the cumulative lifetime risk of exposure to other oncogenic HPV types and the unknown duration of anti-HPV immunity.— George F. Sawaya and Karen Smith-McCune, The New England Journal of Medicine, 10 May 2007
Comments on anti-HPV
What made you want to look up anti-HPV? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Word Puzzles
-
- Which answer pairs best with each of the following words? living, estate, club, music, road, mile
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Words at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
-
Word Puzzles
Challenge yourself with these word puzzles. Can you solve them all?
Take the quiz -
Where in the World? A Quiz
Do you know what languages these words come from?
Take the quiz -
Spell It
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
Take the quiz -
Add Diction
Build a chain of words by adding one letter at a time.
Play the game
Share anti-HPV
Resources for anti-HPV