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4H disease
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English
Alternative forms
en 4-H disease
Etymology
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.
Noun
- 4H disease
en dated now offensive en acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS.
en Thesaurus:acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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.”
en LGBTQ HIV/AIDS