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| Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
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| suppression or deficiency of the immune response (destruction of lymphocytes) caused by exposure to HIV |
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| malignant tumor of lymph nodes and lymphatic tissue. EX: Hodgkin disease |
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| Acute infectious disease with enlargement of lymph nodes and increased numbers of lymphocytes and monocytes in the bloodstream |
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| Inflammatory disease in which small nodules, or tubercles, form in lymph nodes and other organs |
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| Computed tomography scan (CT scan) |
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| x-ray views in the transverse plane for the diagnoses of abnormalities in lymphoid oragns |
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| a test to screen for antibodies to the HIV, which causes AIDS |
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| a blood test to detect the presence of antibodies to specific antigens such as HIV; more precise than ELISA. |
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| treatment with powerful drugs to kill cancer cells and viruses |
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| treatment with high-dose radiation to destroy malignant lesions in the body |
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| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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| enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
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| highly active antiretroviral therapy |
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| human immunodeficiency virus |
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| immunoglobulins (antibodies) |
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| myobacterium avium complex (group of pathogens that cause lung disease in patients with depressed immune systems) |
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| pneumocystis pneumonia (opportunistic infection seen in patients with AIDS) |
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| Stationary collections of lymph tissue throughout the body |
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| gland in the mediastinum; produces lymphocytes, which play an important role in immunity |
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| clear fluid, present in tissue spaces, that circulates in lymph vessels |
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| blood forming organ in early life; later a storage organ for red blood cells and a source of lymphocytes |
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| small tubes that carry lymph fluid throughout the body |
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| widening, dilation of lymph vessels |
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| enlargement of the spleen (abdominal organ that produces lymphocytes) |
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| excision of the lymph nodes |
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| malignant tumor of the thymus gland (mediastinal lymphocyte-producing gland) |
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