Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Definition: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Noun

1. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	A virus-mediated disease with a very high mortality rate. AIDS is a group of diseases secondary to a defect in cell-mediated immunity associated with a single, newly discovered virus. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Synonym: AIDS (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

English words defined with "acquired immune deficiency syndrome": HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. (references)

Specialty definitions using "acquired immune deficiency syndrome": SIV. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (reference) Aids, the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (reference) AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (reference) Teaching AIDS : a resource guide on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the result of an infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (references)
		This can be the result of immune system damage due to an infection, as is the case with AIDS�the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (references)
		Horsburgh C, Havlik J, Ellis D, Kennedy E, Fann S, Dubois R, Thompson S. Survival of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection with and without antimycobacterial chemotherapy. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "acquired immune deficiency syndrome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		erhvervet immundefekt syndrom (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references)

Dutch		verworven immunodeficiëntie-syndroom (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references)

Finnish		immuunikato (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), hankinnainen immuunivajavuus (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references)

French		syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references)

German		erworbenes Immunschwäche-Syndrom (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), erworbene Immunabwehrschwäche (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references)

Greek		έιτζ (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), σύνδρομο επίκτητης ανοσολογικής ανεπάρκειας (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references)

Italian		sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, aids). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		エール大学 (aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		エイズ (AIDS). (various references)

Pig Latin		acquireday immuneay eficiencyday yndromesay

Portuguese		síndromo de imunodeficiência adquirida (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), Síndroma de imunodeficiência adquirida (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references)

Russian		синдром приобретенного иммунодефицита. (various references)

Spanish		Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, aids). (various references)

Swedish		aids (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, aids). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.