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AIDS

, Aids
acquired immune (or immuno-)deficiency syndrome: a condition, caused by a virus, in which certain white blood cells (lymphocytes) are destroyed, resulting in loss of the body's ability to protect itself against disease. AIDS is transmitted by sexual intercourse, through infected blood and blood products, and through the placenta
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AIDS

[ādz]
(medicine)
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AIDS

mysterious new disease, incurable and usually fatal. [U.S. Hist.: WB, A:153]
See: Disease
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AIDS

(jargon)
/aydz/ A* Infected Disk Syndrome ("A*" is a glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple Computer), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe SEX.

See virus, worm, Trojan horse, virgin.
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Disseminated strongyloidiasis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Eur J Intern Med, 2004, 15, 529-530.
(19.) "Revision of the CDC Surveillance Case Definition for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1987: 36(supplement no.
High-risk sexual practices and intravenous drug use increase the risk of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Indeed, approximately half of all deaths in the U.S.
Once your immune system is weakened to the point where you get certain types of life-threatening diseases, infections, and cancers, you have what is called AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection.
A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME. James Holden and Erik Prentice [*], Nashville, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
The National Sanatorium Fukui Hospital in Mikata, cited by UNAIDS in this month's "Best Practice Collection" of case studies, has undertaken more than 100 operations on patients with AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Approved on August 26, 1998 for the local treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who are intolerant of or have a contraindication to other treatment(s) for CMV retinitis or who were insufficiently responsive to previous treatment(s) for CMV retinitis.
One of the items available is a multipage fact sheet designed specifically for persons who have human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
The condom is a prominent component of public health strategic planning for both contraception and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Not many had the answer: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. And few knew that HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that causes AIDS, is spread through body fluids, including blood.
The psychosocial and neuropsychiatric sequelae of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related disorders.
Fauci, et al., "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Epidemiological, Clinical Immunologic and Therapeutic Considerations," Annals of Internal Medicine, 100, 1989, 92-106.
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