AIDS-related complex

noun

: a group of symptoms (such as fever, weight loss, and lymphadenopathy) that is associated with the presence of antibodies to HIV and is followed by the development of AIDS in a certain proportion of cases

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

AIDS-related complex

noun

: a group of symptoms (as fever, weight loss, and lymphadenopathy) that is associated with the presence of antibodies to HIV and is followed by the development of AIDS in a certain proportion of cases

—abbreviation ARC