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HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (say: ih-myoo-nuh-dih-fih-shun-see). AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV is actually the virus that causes the disease AIDS. To understand AIDS formation process, we need to know what an Immune System is (say: ih-myoon). Every person has body protective system.
AIDS is an acronym for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Patients suffering from AIDS are very vulnerable to potentially fatal infections, neurological disorders, and tumors. To find out what HIV stands for what does AIDS stand for, we need to break the acronym down to each word: 1  A - Acquired: AIDS is caught from other individuals; it is not transferred through faulty genes.