AIDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does AIDS mean? 

• AIDS (noun)
  The noun AIDS 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: AIDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIDS (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 ("AIDS" 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 

AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) relevance to individuals of African descent

(AIDS, Black, NCI Thesaurus)

AIDS clinical trials related to children 0-18 years of age.

(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Children, NCI Thesaurus)

AIDS clinical trials related to individuals of non-Caucasian descent.

(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Minorities, NCI Thesaurus)

AIDS clinical trials related to females 12 years of age or older.

(AIDS, Clinical Trials on Women, NCI Thesaurus)

Pelvic inflammatory disease that develops in a patient with HIV/AIDS.

(AIDS-Related Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-Hodgkin lymphoma that develops in a patient with AIDS.

(AIDS-Related Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An opportunistic infection caused by herpes zoster in a patient with AIDS.

(AIDS-Related Herpes Zoster, NCI Thesaurus)

An opportunistic infection caused by the human papillomavirus in a patient with AIDS.

(AIDS-Related Human Papillomavirus Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a significant increase in the incidence of lymphomas associated with the AIDS epidemic in the last two decades.

(AIDS-Related Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be used to help relieve stress, pain, anxiety, and depression and to help with symptoms related to disease, such as cancer and AIDS.

(Meditation, NCI Dictionary)