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a disease that attacks and destroys the body's immune system, leaving the patient open to infections and other diseases and causing weight loss, central nervous system problems, and death. It is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.
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| AIDS |
A viral infection that attacks the immune system of the body and causes a syndrome in which many different, harmful organisms can attack the body and cause disease.
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| AIDS |
The human immunodeficiency virus or HIV destroys helper T cells, limiting the body's ability to fight infection.
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| AIDS-related complex |
A set of symptoms, such as lymph node enlargement, fever, loss of weight, diarrhea, and minor opportunistic diseases associated with a weakened immune system, which indicates a less severe form of infection by the HIV virus than AIDS itself. In some cases this is diagnosed as a precursor to AIDS. Also known as "AIDS-related condition" or "AIDS-related syndrome".
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| AIDS |
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome): Disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.
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