| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | Health | An acquired defect of cellular immunity associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count under 200 cells/microliter or less than 14% of total lymphocytes, and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignant neoplasms. Clinical manifestations also include emaciation (wasting) and dementia. These elements reflect criteria for AIDS as defined by the CDC in 1993. (references) | |
| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | Medicine | A virus-mediated disease with a very high mortality rate. AIDS is a group of diseases secondary to a defect in cell-mediated immunity associated with a single, newly discovered virus. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Immunodeficiency syndrome | Religion | The inability of the body to produce an immune response. (references) | |
| Murine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | Health | Acquired defect of cellular immunity that occurs in mice infected with mouse leukemia viruses (MuLV). The syndrome shows striking similarities with human AIDS and is characterized by lymphadenopathy, profound immunosuppression, enhanced susceptibility to opportunistic infections, and B-cell lymphomas. (references) | |
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