Aids
//eɪdz// adj, noun, verb, slang
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Acronym of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
"Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8)."
- 2 plural of aid form-of, plural
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”). alt-of, uncountable
"If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter."
- 4 a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of aid form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Adjective
- 1 Extremely annoying or frustrating. slang, vulgar
"Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS."
Example
More examples"In the near future, we will be able to put an end to AIDS."
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