AIDS is a condition that slowly destroys the body's immune defense
system and makes the body vulnerable to opportunistic infections. AIDS
is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Acquired = to receive
Immune = the virus
directly attacks the immune system
Deficiency = over
many years, your immune system will slowly be destroyed by the replication
of the virus particles.
Syndrome = the process or pattern of systems.
Human = attacks only
human beings
Immunodeficiency = the
body is rendered deficient by the virus
Virus = particles
which get inside a host's cells and replicate themselves, causing injury
or death to the cells and sometimes to the host.