AIDS-related complex

noun

: a group of symptoms (such as fever, weight loss, and lymphadenopathy) that is associated with the presence of antibodies to HIV and is followed by the development of AIDS in a certain proportion of cases

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First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of AIDS-related complex was in 1984

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AIDS-related complex

noun

: a group of symptoms (as fever, weight loss, and lymphadenopathy) that is associated with the presence of antibodies to HIV and is followed by the development of AIDS in a certain proportion of cases

—abbreviation ARC