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en disease dated now offensive en gay-related immunodeficiency AIDS. Used in the early 1980s.
en Thesaurus:acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
en 1982-05-11 Lawrence K. Altman New Homosexual Disorder Worries Health Officials w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/science/new-homosexual-disorder-worries-health-officials.html The cause of the disorder is unknown. Researchers call it A.I.D., for acquired immunodeficiency disease, or GRID, for gay-related immunodeficiency. It has been reported in 20 states and seven countries. https://web.archive.org/web/20260119103723/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/science/new-homosexual-disorder-worries-health-officials.html 19 January 2026
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