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AIDS aquired immune deficiency syndrome; The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by HIV-virus manifested by opportunistic infections and/or malignancies, and the mortality rate is very high. The syndrome results from a breakdown of the body's disease-fighting mechanism that leaves it defenceless against infections, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, Pneumocystis pneumonia, certain blood infections, candidiasis, invasive cervical cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma or any of over 20 other indicator diseases. No effective treatment is available. A striking feature of AIDS is the wide spectrum and frequency of infections with life-threatening pathogens seldom seen in normal hosts. The illness may begin with insidious signs and symptoms, and the process may be more diffuse than when the same conditions are seen in other immune-compromised patients. Four patterns of disease occur in AIDS patients. The pulmonary pattern, the central nervous system pattern, the gastrointestinal pattern, and the pattern of fever of unknown origin. Most patientswho recover from a given opportunistic infection subsequently either have a relapse or develop a new type of infection. Many patients continue to have a wasting syndrome and experience such infections as oral thrush. Feelings of depression and isolation are common among AIDS patients and can be intensified if health care workers display fear of the syndrome [eɪdz] v | |
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aircraft airplane integrated data system |
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automatic integrating debugging system |
| abbr., earth.sc. |
advanced impact drilling system; airborne integrated data system; American Institute for Decision Sciences; automatic inventory dispatching system |
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American Institute for Decision Science; artificial intelligence data system |
| abbr., space |
automatic integrated data system |
| abbr., UN, AIDS. |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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Arbitron Information on Demand |
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air injection diverter; air injection dual |
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accident/incident/deficiency; aerospace information digest; airborne integrated data system; aircraft identification determination; aircraft installation delay; aircraft integrated data; argon ionization device; audit item disposition; Aircraft Installation Delay (Interex) |
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artificial insemination with donor semen; artificial insemination with donor's semen |
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approval by individual diagnosis |
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anti-idiotype antibody |
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aldehyde |
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acute infectious disease |
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aldehyde |
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accident data system; airborne indication detection system; airborne inertial data system; airborne instrumentation data system; automatic identification data system |
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acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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Association of Interior Decoration Specialists |
| rude, abbr. |
I'm a lame ass. |
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acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome |
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advanced interactive debugging system |
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airborne information display system |
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airborne integrated display system |
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AIDS |
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advanced integrated display system; acceptor idle state; advanced integrated debugging system; advanced interactive display system; advanced interconnection development system; all-purpose interactive debugging system; architectural iterative design system; automatic illustrated documentation system; automatic information display system; automatic interactive debugging system |
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (I. Havkin); Acquired Immune Deficiency Or Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Sydrome |
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Implications of HIV/AIDS on Food and Agriculture |
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Acoustic Intelligence Data System |
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advanced integrated data system |
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Air Force intelligence data system; Army information and data system; Army inventory of data systems; action information display system; administrative information data system; advanced integrated display system; aerospace intelligence data system; aircraft integrated data system; aircraft intrusion detection system; automated information data system; automated information dissemination system; automated integrated data system; automated inventory distribution system; Advanced Identification System |
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automated identification division system; automated information directory service; automated intelligence data system; automatic intelligence data system; automation instrument data service |
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