acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Americannoun
noun
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After his internship, became immersed in the basic science of the clinical phenomenon of what became formally known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
From Forbes ● Jul. 20, 2014
Knowledge of H.I.V. has progressed astronomically since 1980, when the first patient arrived at Bellevue Hospital with what later came to be called acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2013
Perhaps the greatest global health issue is a disease known as AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
That disease, which soon became known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome, would go on to claim an estimated 25 million lives worldwide.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2011
Driver ants, Ebola virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome: all these are brooms devised by nature to sweep a small clearing very well.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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