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AIDS

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000342

A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). People with AIDS are at an increased risk for developing certain cancers and for infections that usually occur only in individuals with a weak immune system. Also called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000342
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionsacquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000342",
  "term": "AIDS",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). People with AIDS are at an increased risk for developing certain cancers and for infections that usually occur only in individuals with a weak immune system. Also called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.",
  "expansions": [
    "acquired immunodeficiency syndrome"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/aids/"
}

Record 566 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.