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4-H disease

4-H disease is the alternative form of 4H disease.

Meaning of 4H disease

Noun

4H disease (uncountable)

  1. (dated, offensive) Synonym of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
    • 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.”2022, Rinaldo F. Canalis, Massimo Ciavolella, Valeria Finucci, Rethinking Medical Humanities

Questions about 4-H disease

What is 4-H disease the alternative form of?
4-H disease is the alternative form of 4H disease.

Words near 4-H disease in the dictionary

  1. 4-gon
  2. 4-gons
  3. 4-H
  4. 4-H Club
  5. 4-H Clubs
  6. 4-H disease
  7. 4-H'er
  8. 4-H'ers
  9. 4-L
  10. 4-Ls
  11. 4-methylumbelliferylguanidinobenzoate

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