specific acquired immunodeficiency
1acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aids) and hallucinations — The term acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, as well as the acronyms Aids and AIDS, refers to a collection of clinical symptoms and symptom complexes associated with specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency… …
2Immunodeficiency — Infobox Disease Name = Immunodeficiency Caption = DiseasesDB = 21506 ICD10 = ICD10|D|84|9|d|80 ICD9 = ICD9|279.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D007153 In medicine, immunodeficiency (or immune deficiency) is …
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… …
4human immunodeficiency virus infection — an epidemic, transmissible retroviral disease due to infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which attacks the subset of T lymphocytes known as the CD4 cells. The primary method of transmission is transfer from one person to another of …
5Primary 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.,… …
6Community-acquired pneumonia — (CAP) is a term used to describe one of several diseases in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs (pneumonia). CAP is a common illness and can affect people of all ages. CAP often causes… …
7Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… …
8AIDS — For other uses, see AIDS (disambiguation). Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Classification and external resources …
9syndrome — 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,… …
10HIV — Classification and external resources Diagram of HIV …
