ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acquired immune deficiency syndrome mean? 

• ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

Hypernyms ("acquired immune deficiency syndrome" is a kind of...):

immunodeficiency (immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced)

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

 Context examples 

It generally develops in people with compromised immune systems including those with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

(Kaposi sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes autoimmune disorders (e.g., lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, rheumatoid arthritis), congenital and acquired immunodeficiency syndromes including the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and neoplasms (e.g., lymphomas and malignancies secondary to transplantation).

(Immune System and Related Disorders, NCI Thesaurus)