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Benelux (iou) and Aids (iou)


Benelux (iou)



Benelux noun. M20.
[Acronym, from Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg.]
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg collectively; esp. these countries in association as a Regional economic group.

Aids (iou)



Aids noun. Also AIDS. L20.
[Acronym, from acquired immune deficiency syndrome.]
A syndrome marked by severe loss of cellular immunity as a result of infection with a virus transmitted in sexual fluids and in blood, leaving the patient susceptible to certain opportunistic infections and malignancies.
Comb.: Aids-related complex a set of symptoms including lymphadenopathy, fever, Weight Loss, and malaise, that seems to precede the full development of Aids.