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Meaning of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in English:

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

noun

Medicine

  • The disorder resulting from infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a reduction in the number of helper T lymphocytes with fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, and the occurrence of opportunistic infections and malignant tumours; abbreviated AIDS.

Origin

1980s; earliest use found in Ophthalmology.