Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: ac-quired im-mun-od-e-fi-cien-cy syn-drome
IPA

65

Scrabble Score

32

Letters

9

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a low CD4⁺ cell count or a range of clinical presentations (such as specific opportunistic infections and cancers).

Uncountable

noun

A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a low CD4⁺ cell count or a range of clinical presentations (such as specific opportunistic infections and cancers).

Uncountable

Etymology

Introduced on July 27, 1982 at a Washington, D.C. meeting that involved gay-community leaders, federal bureaucrats, and representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was created as a replacement for the former term for the disease, gay-related immunodeficiency (GRID), which was deemed misleading after determining that AIDS was not isolated to the gay community.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

acquired immune deficiency syndrome (alternative)

Phrases

human immunodeficiency virus

Frequently Paired Words

human immunodeficiency virus :Category:en:HIV/AIDS acute retroviral syndrome ARS AIDS-related complex ARC

Synonyms

AIDS HIV/AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 4H disease gay cancer gay plague gay-related immunodeficiency GRID

Questions

What does acquired immunodeficiency syndrome mean?: A medical condition caused by advanced infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), characterized by a low CD4⁺ cell count or a range of clinical presentations (such as specific opportunistic infections and cancers).
Where does acquired immunodeficiency syndrome come from?: Introduced on July 27, 1982 at a Washington, D.C. meeting that involved gay-community leaders, federal bureaucrats, and representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was created as a replacement for the former term for the disease, gay-related immunodeficiency (GRID), which was deemed misleading after determining that AIDS was not isolated to the gay community.

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