Medical Definition of Human immunodeficiency virus. Human immunodeficiency virus: HIV, the cause of AIDS. HIV has also previously been called the human lymphotropic virus type III, the lymphadenopathy-associated virus and the lymphadenopathy virus. No matter what name is applied, it is a retrovirus. (A retrovirus has an RNA genome and a reverse transcriptase enzyme.
Definition of custody for English Language Learners. 1  law : the legal right to take care of a child (such as a child whose parents are divorced) : 2  the state of being kept in a prison or jail. : 3  the act of protecting or taking care of something.
Answers. Best Answer: Unless your actually talking about, released from custody... The only time I have heard the term, custody release, refers to an inmate about to be released from jail and someone he/she knows has accepted a degree of responsibility for them.