acquired immunodeficiency (immunity deficiency) syndrome
1acquired immune deficiency syndrome — n AIDS * * * acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) the most severe manifestation of disease due to infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The criteria established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the diagnosis …
2syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
3immunodeficiency — A condition resulting from a defective immune mechanism; may be primary (due to a defect in the immune mechanism itself) or secondary (dependent upon another disease process), specific (due to a defect in either the B lymphocyte or the T… …
4Immunity in Health and Disease — The prime function of immune system is to protect the host against the invading pathogens. The body tries its best to overcome various strategies of infectious agents (bacteria, viruses), and provides immunity.Some of the important immunological… …
5Passive immunity — is the transfer of active humoral immunity in the form of readymade antibodies, from one individual to another. Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal antibodies are transferred to the fetus through the placenta, and can also be… …
6Nezelof syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 D81.4 ICD 9 279.13 …
7Primary immunodeficiency — Primary immunodeficiencies are disorders in which part of the body s immune system is missing or does not function properly. To be considered a primary immunodeficiency, the cause of the immune deficiency must not be secondary in nature (i.e.,… …
8Common variable immunodeficiency — Classification and external resources ICD 10 D83 ICD 9 279.06 …
9AIDS — acquired immune deficiency syndrome a syndrome first identified in Los Angeles in 1981; a description of the causative virus – the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – was available in 1983. The virus destroys a subgroup of lymphocytes, the… …
10HIV — Classification and external resources Diagram of HIV …
