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acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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acquired immune deficiency syndrome

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

(Pathology) the full name for AIDS

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AIDS

(eɪdz)

n.

a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, to certain cancers, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, esp. by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.

[1982; a(cquired)i(mmune)d(eficiency)s(yndrome)]

ac·quired immune deficiency syndrome

(ə-kwīrd′)

See AIDS.

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Noun

acquired immune deficiency syndrome - a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

AIDS

immunodeficiency - immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

Translations

متلازِمة نقص المناعة المكتسب

syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise

sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita

こうてんせいめんえきふぜんしょうこうぐん後天性免疫不全症候群

후천성면역결핍증

syndrome comparati defectus immunitatis

síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida

sindromul imunodeficienţei autodobândite

синдром приобретённого иммунодефицита

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The first known case of AIDS in the UK is identified 1982 - First termed GRID 'Gay Related Immune Deficiency', it later became AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - to show it is not a gay specific disease 1983 - 3064 cases of AIDS reported in the US 1984 - Institut Pasteur identifies virus - later named HIV for Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1985 - Gay men in the UK are asked to stop donating blood after the number of people diagnosed with AIDS exceeds 100 1986 - HIV is recognised by the scientific community as the virus that causes AIDS

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