Glossary

• Antiretroviral: A substance that stops or suppresses the activity of a retrovirus such as HIV. AZT, ddC, ddI and d4T are examples of antiretroviral drugs
• CD8+T cells: Attacker cells
• CD4+T cells: Memory and alert cells
• Entry Inhibitors - new class of HIV antiretrovirals
• Homosexual: A person sexually attracted to persons of the same sex.
• Hemophiliac: A person with hemophilia
• Heterosexual: A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex.
• Integrase Inhibitors - new class of HIV antiretrovirals
• Lymph (node): Small bean-shaped organ made up of a loose meshwork of reticular tissue in which are enmeshed large numbers of lymphocytes, macrophages and accessory cells located along the lymphatic system
• NRTI: Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
• NNRTI: Non-Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
• PI: Protease inhibitors
  
  For additional reference for undocumented terms visit this medical dictionary:
  http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
  
  For more specialized AIDS terms visit this link:
  http://www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/ATVHIVGlossary.html