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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, see AIDS AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, fatal disease caused by a rapidly mutating retrovirus that attacks the immune system and leaves the victim vulnerable to infections, malignancies, and neurological disorders.
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* Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): A disease of the body's immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Acquired is the "A" in AIDS, the acronym that in fill identifies the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (1982).
A non-invasive index for the diagnosis of pneumocytis carinni pneumonia (PCP) in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
 
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