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aids
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aids has 1 sense
- aids(n = noun.state) acquired immune deficiency syndrome - a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles; Array is a kind of immunodeficiency, infectious disease
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aids, n. (also AIDS) acquired immune deficiency syndrome, an often fatal syndrome caused by a virus transmitted in the blood, marked by severe loss of resistance to infection.
Idiom
Aids-related complex the symptoms of a person affected with the Aids virus without necessarily developing the disease.
Etymology
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