acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency…A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a low CD4⁺ cell count or a range of clinical presentations (such as specific opportunistic infections and cancers).
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a low CD4⁺ cell count or a range of clinical presentations (such as specific opportunistic infections and cancers).
erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom
синдро́м приобретённого иммунодефици́таsindróm priobretjónnovo immunodeficíta
синдро́м набу́того імунодефіци́туsyndróm nabútoho imunodeficýtu
A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a low CD4⁺ cell count or a range of clinical presentations (such as specific opportunistic infections and cancers).
(broadly, uncountable)Synonym of HIV/AIDS.
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Origin
Introduced on July 27, 1982 at a Washington, D.C. meeting that involved gay-community leadIntroduced on July 27, 1982 at a Washington, D.C. meeting that involved gay-community leaders, federal bureaucrats, and representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was created as a replacement for the former term for the disease, gay-related immunodeficiency (GRID), which was deemed misleading after determining that AIDS was not isolated to the gay community.
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