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gay-related immune deficiency |
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gay-related immune deficiency, n the term adopted in the 1980s in reference to AIDS, when it was considered to affect only homosexual males. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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After categorizing the disease as an epidemic in 1981, the CDC drops the term gay-related immune deficiency for the more accurate acquired immune deficiency syndrome. There still is no known cure for a disease that was discovered in 1981 and originally called Gay-Related Immune Deficiency. |
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