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AIDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Synonyms:
acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb aid
Context examples:
It is also used to treat anorexia (loss of appetite) and cachexia (weakness and loss of body weight and muscle mass) in patients with AIDS.
(Megace, NCI Dictionary)
A drug used to treat infection with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS).
(Norvir, NCI Dictionary)
This disease usually results from debilitation (as in immunosuppression and especially AIDS), physiologic change, prolonged administration of antibiotics, and iatrogenic and barrier breakage.
(Oropharyngeal Candidiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
A protein secreted by the pancreas that aids in the digestion of food.
(Pancreatic enzyme, NCI Dictionary)
AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) research efforts related to children 0-18 years of age.
(Pediatric AIDS, NCI Thesaurus)
In combination with other antiretroviral drugs, nevirapine reduces HIV viral loads and increases CD4 counts, thereby retarding or preventing the damage to the immune system and reducing the risk of developing AIDS.
(Nevirapine, NCI Thesaurus)
Causes include spinal cord injuries, neural tube defects, brain tumors, strokes, and peripheral neuropathies (e.g., AIDS neuropathy and diabetic neuropathy).
(Neurogenic Bladder, NCI Thesaurus)
Mobility aids help you walk or move from place to place if you are disabled or have an injury.
(Mobility Aids, NIH)
But they can still harm people, especially people with other problems that affect their immunity, such as AIDS.
(Mycobacterial Infections, NIH)
A drug used to prevent the spread of a bacterium called in patients with advanced HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) infection.
(Mycobutin, NCI Dictionary)
