[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "AIDS"

[Shapiro, Fred]

AIDS (OED 1982 Aug. 8)

1982 Boston Globe 27 July 4/1 (Newspapers.com)

Because it is the fundamental damage to the body's natural defenses that apparently leaves the victims unprotected against the cancers, pneumonia and other infections, the disorder has been named Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease Syndrome, or AIDS.

Fred Shapiro




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