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June 19, 2013

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome article.

Abstinence: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acquired: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Antiretroviral: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Artery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Assay: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Asymptomatic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

AZT: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacteria: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacterial: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacterium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Brain: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Breastfeeding: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Candidiasis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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CCR5: See the definition from MedTerms.com

CDC: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cell: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cervical: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cervical cancer: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chlamydia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cholesterol: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chronic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chronic disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Clinical trials: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Complication: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cryptococcosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cryptosporidiosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Dementia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diagnosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Diarrhea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

DNA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Drug resistance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Encephalopathy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Enzyme: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Esophagus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Essential: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fatigue: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Feces: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Finger stick: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fungal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fungus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Genetic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Genital: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gestation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Gonorrhea: See the definition from MedTerms.com

HAART: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hepatitis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Herpes: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heterosexual: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Histoplasmosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

HIV: See the definition from MedTerms.com

HIV test: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Homosexual: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Human immunodeficiency virus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Immune system: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Immunodeficiency: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Indirect immunofluorescence assay: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infectious mononucleosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Injury: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Intestine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Intractable: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Kaposi sarcoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Labor: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Laboratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lymphoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Maternal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Membrane: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Meningitis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mononucleosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mouth: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mucous: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Multifocal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mycobacterium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Nasal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Needle stick: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Neurological: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Noncompliance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Organ: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pandemic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Parasite: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pneumocystis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pneumocystis jiroveci: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Pneumonia: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnancy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pregnant: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prenatal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prenatal care: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prognosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Progressive: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Prophylaxis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Protease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Proteins: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Recurrent: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Regimen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Reproduction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Resistance: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Respiratory: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Reverse transcriptase: See the definition from MedTerms.com

RNA: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Saliva: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Salmonella: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sarcoma: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sputum: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stage: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Swallowing tube: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sweat: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syndrome: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syphilis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Therapy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tuberculosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Urine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Vein: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viral: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Virus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Viruses: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vomit: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Wasting: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Weight loss: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Western blot: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Womb: See the definition from MedTerms.com

World Health Organization: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Yeast infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Zidovudine: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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