acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a low CD4⁺ cell count and/or a range of clinical presentations (such as specific opportunistic infections and cancers).
Synonym of HIV/AIDS.

Word forms

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Etymology

Introduced on 27 July 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.

Synonyms

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS 4H disease gay cancer gay plague gay-related immunodeficiency GRID HIV/AIDS

Related words

human immunodeficiency virus :Category:en:HIV/AIDS

Translations

Albanian: sindromi i mungesës së imunitetit të fituar Arabic: مُتَلَازِمَة نَقْص المَنَاعَة المُكْتَسَب Armenian: ձեռքբերովի իմունային անբավարարության համախտանիշ Azerbaijani: qazanılmış immun çatışmazlığı sindromu Basque: hartutako inmuno eskasiaren sindromea Chinese Mandarin: 後天免疫力缺乏症候群 /后天免疫力缺乏症候群 Chinese Mandarin: 獲得性免疫缺陷綜合徵 /获得性免疫缺陷综合征 Esperanto: akirita imundeficita sindromo Faroese: eyðkvæmi Finnish: immuunikato French: syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise German: erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom Greek: σύνδρομο επίκτητης ανοσολογικής ανεπάρκειας Hungarian: szerzett immunhiányos tünetegyüttes Icelandic: alnæmi Inupiaq: timim sapunniaġutiŋi inuŋasimmata naŋirrutinun Irish: siondróm easpa imdhíonachta faighte Italian: sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita Japanese: 後天性免疫不全症候群 Kazakh: жүре пайда болған иммунитет тапшылығының синдромы Kazakh: жұқтырылған иммун тапшылығының синдромы Kazakh: жүре пайда болған иммундық тапшылық синдромы Korean: 후천성면역결핍증 Northern Kurdish: nîşana nemana bergiriya destketî Latin: syndrome comparati defectus immunitatis Māori: mate ārai-kore Navajo: naałniih yichʼą́ą́h naabaahígíí bąąh dahooʼaahgo Persian: نشانگان نقص ایمنی اکتسابی Polish: zespół nabytego upośledzenia odporności Polish: zespół nabytego niedoboru odporności Portuguese: síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida Quechua: unquy hark'aypa chaskisqa waqlliynin Romanian: sindromul imunodeficienței autodobândite Russian: синдро́м приобретённого иммунодефици́та Scottish Gaelic: annlochd inneamh dìon-slàinte Serbo-Croatian: sindrom stečene imunodeficijencije Spanish: síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida Swahili: upungufu wa kinga mwilini Thai: กลุ่มอาการภูมิคุ้มกันเสื่อม Turkish: edinilmiş bağışıklık eksikliği sendromu Turkmen: immuno-ýetmezçilik sindromy Ukrainian: синдро́м набу́того імунодефіци́ту Vietnamese: hội chứng suy giảm miễn dịch mắc phải Vietnamese: liệt kháng Volapük: fibot jelasita pedagetöl

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