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pre-AIDS, n. and a.
Brit. |ˌpriːˈeɪdz|, U.S. |ˌpriˈeɪdz|
[‹ pre- prefix + AIDS n.]
A. n. = AIDS-related complex adj. at AIDS n. 2.
1983Diagnostic Immunol. 1 261 Eight male homosexuals with unexplained lymphadenopathy (‘pre-AIDS’) had normal or increased ratios. 1990Jrnl. Med. Virol. 32 131/2 The prognostic value of specific and non-specific markers in HIV infection with regards to progression to pre-AIDS. 1998Neuropathol. & Appl. Neurobiol. 24 373 Sensory neurons with..DNA breaks were observed in 9/19 patients with AIDS, 0/3 patients with pre-AIDS, and 1/11 controls.
B. adj.
1. Designating, relating to, or characteristic of the period of HIV infection when pre-AIDS (AIDS-related complex) occurs; (of a person) having pre-AIDS.
1983Aids Res. 1 253 Approximately 90% of cultures originating from pre-AIDS and AIDS patients were retrovirus-positive. 1985Virology 144283/1 The etiological role of the virus in AIDS is supported by its frequent isolation from AIDS and pre-AIDS patients. 1995L. Garrett Coming Plague xi. 318 Volberding's group..was awarded the first installment of a five-year $526,229 study of pre-AIDS symptoms and immunologic profiles. 1999Asian Pacific Jrnl. Allergy & Immunol. 17 85 The HIV-infected patients had high numbers of MGCs or syncytia on lymph node sections in early stage and pre-AIDS conditions.
2. Designating, relating to, or occurring in the time before AIDS (or HIV infection) was recognized.
1984Jrnl. National Cancer Inst. 73 90/2 In the pre-AIDS period, 13 (6.7%) of 194 male cases were under 50 years old. 1986D. Altman AIDS in Mind of Amer. viii. 170 It is my guess that even if a safe vaccine against AIDS were to be developed most men would not wish to return to a pre-AIDS way of life. 1989C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic iii. 70 We're dealing with an era that was post-Pill and post-miniskirt but pre-feminism and pre-AIDS. 1994Guardian 6 Sept. i. 20/5 His first novel..provoked admiring—if stunned—reviews with its enthusiastic account of homosexual pre-Aids orgying. 2000Sexually Transmitted Dis. 27 249 After a period of low chlamydial infection rates..during the pre-AIDS era, infection rates are increasing. |