Task: Instance Description Understanding (ontology: Sciences/Biology)

Which of the following definitions best describes the instance 'gay-related immune deficiency'?

A. A pathologizing term used to refer to a perceived "condition" that all transsexual and/or transgender people share.
B. An historical term for extremely marked, frequent, and/or increased libido observed in women. This term is outdated and pathologizing and is not recognized as a specific disorder in the DSM, with the term hypersexuality preferred. As historian Carol Groneman notes "the instance conjures up madness while Don Juanism hints of nobility and Spanish courts … 'Men are less stigmatized by this behavior… for all it’s apparent openness, our society doesn’t yet loudly applaud a fully sexual woman". And as clinical support worker and addiction professional Robert Weiss argued "[the instance is] an antiquated and demeaning word used to denigrate women. It is not a medical or psychiatric diagnosis, and it is certainly not helpful to anyone".
C. A condition in which a person is preoccupied with or engages in genital self-mutilation.
D. The first name used for the disease now known as AIDS. GRID was first mentioned in a May 11, 1982 article in the New York Times. In this article, the initialism "A.I.D." (acquired immunodeficiency disease) is also mentioned. In the early days of the disease (i.e., 1982–1985), the term "gay plague" was also used, while similar terms were used for associated conditions later recognized as AIDS-defining clinical conditions, such as "the instance" for Kaposi's sarcoma and "gay pneumonia" for Pneumocystis pneumonia. The term GRID was never used in the scientific biomedical literature. In the popular press, it was only used for a very short period of time. On August 8, 1982, the acronym AIDS (for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) first appeared in the New York Times. It was initially styled as A.I.D.S. The reason for the GRID-to-AIDS change in nomenclature was the realization that the "gay" attribution did not fully encompass the demographics of the disease.

Answer: The first name used for the disease now known as AIDS. GRID was first mentioned in a May 11, 1982 article in the New York Times. In this article, the initialism "A.I.D." (acquired immunodeficiency disease) is also mentioned. In the early days of the disease (i.e., 1982–1985), the term "gay plague" was also used, while similar terms were used for associated conditions later recognized as AIDS-defining clinical conditions, such as "the instance" for Kaposi's sarcoma and "gay pneumonia" for Pneumocystis pneumonia. The term GRID was never used in the scientific biomedical literature. In the popular press, it was only used for a very short period of time. On August 8, 1982, the acronym AIDS (for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) first appeared in the New York Times. It was initially styled as A.I.D.S. The reason for the GRID-to-AIDS change in nomenclature was the realization that the "gay" attribution did not fully encompass the demographics of the disease.