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HSV-1

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A herpes virus that causes oral herpes

Synonyms:

herpes simplex 1; HS1; HSV-1; HSV-I

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("HSV-1" is a kind of...):

herpes simplex; herpes simplex virus (a herpes virus that affects the skin and nervous system)

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 Context examples: 

Upon infusion into the hepatic artery, oncolytic HSV-1 rRp450 replicates in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and exerts direct cytotoxic effects eventually disrupting cancer cell membranes and liberating progeny virions thereby infecting adjacent tumor cells.

(Oncolytic HSV-1 rRp450, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroattenuated, replication-competent, recombinant herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) with potential oncolytic activity.

(G207, NCI Thesaurus)