aids

UK /eɪdz/ US /eɪdz/

noun 2adj 1

Definitions

noun

Acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8).

adj

Extremely annoying or frustrating.

Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”).

If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

full-blown

Without proper treatment, a person infected with HIV may eventually develop full-blown AIDS.

QUANT

case

Several cases of AIDS were identified in the local hospital last year.

VERB + AIDS

have, suffer from

be/become infected with, contract, develop, get

die of

diagnose

AIDS + NOUN

patient, sufferer, victim

virus

PHRASES

the spread of Aids

Doctors are working hard to slow the spread of AIDS in developing countries.

Thesaurus

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Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

I have AIDS

Indicates that the speaker has acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Example Bank

Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8).

Wiktionary

Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.

Wiktionary

If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter.

Wiktionary

In the near future, we will be able to put an end to AIDS.

Tatoeba · #18757

The singers sang together in order to raise money to help people with AIDS.

Tatoeba · #23917

Scientists are working hard to put an end to AIDS.

Tatoeba · #23985

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, aids is marked as slang, vulgar. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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