4H disease

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). dated,offensive,uncountable
    — 2022, Rinaldo F. Canalis, Massimo Ciavolella, Valeria Finucci, Rethinking Medical Humanities Dr. Peter Piot a Belgian physician noticed that among patients who came from Africa there were as many women as men suffering from the “4H disease.”

词形变化

4-H disease alternative

词源

Coined in 1981 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since the then newly-discovered disease seemed to affect mainly the "four H's": homosexuals, heroin users, hemophiliacs, and Haitians.
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