The acronym "AIDS" stands for "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome".
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The Short Version
The standard and formally recognized expansion of AIDS is “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.” Major public-health and medical authorities, including CDC, WHO, NIH, and NCI, use that exact wording. A few informal educational sources use a paraphrased variant, but that does not change the accepted definition.
Caveats
Some non-governmental educational materials use the paraphrase “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,” which may cause confusion but is not the standard formal expansion.
Low-authority or non-citable background sources are unnecessary here because top-tier medical authorities explicitly define the acronym.
The claim concerns the acronym’s expansion only; it does not address the medical distinction between HIV infection and AIDS.