Definition of AIDS-related complex in US English:
AIDS-related complex
nounˌādz rəˌlādid ˈkämpleks
The symptoms of a person who is infected with HIV but does not necessarily develop the disease.
the man suffers from AIDS-related complex
Example sentencesExamples
- AIDS-related Complex is a more advanced level of HIV infection.
- These symptoms are referred to as AIDS-related complex (ARC) and include fever, rashes, weight loss, and wasting.
- After three years, 22 percent of the participants had developed AIDS and 19 percent had AIDS-related complex, assorted symptoms that are often precursors to the disease itself.
- Federal officials said today that the drug has been shown, in small studies, to slow the progression of disease in patients suffering from AIDS-related complex.
- Dr. McKinley said the patients enrolled in the study had the typical symptoms of AIDS-related complex, such as swollen lymph nodes, infections in the mouth and low immune cell counts that made them candidates to progress to full-fledged AIDS.