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Meaning of CD4 in English:

CD4

noun

Medicine

  • A cell-surface protein structurally related to the immunoglobulins, which is associated especially with helper T lymphocytes, and is the main cellular receptor for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); chiefly attributive.

Origin

1980s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.