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Definition of AIDS noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

AIDS

noun
 
 
/eɪdz/
 
/eɪdz/
(British English usually Aids)
[uncountable]
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  1. a serious illness caused by a virus called HIV that attacks the body’s ability to resist infection (the abbreviation for ‘Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome’)
    • the AIDS epidemic
    • to fight/eradicate/combat AIDS
    • people who have battled and survived AIDS
    • AIDS research/education
    • She died of an AIDs-related illness at the age of 54.
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    • Six cases of AIDS have been reported.
    • Substantial progress has been made in the fight against Aids.
    • a worldwide campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS
    • people fighting AIDS
    • Five years after contracting HIV he developed full-blown AIDS.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • full-blown
    … of AIDS
    • case
    verb + AIDS
    • be infected with
    • fight
    • have
    • …
    AIDS + noun
    • patient
    • sufferer
    • victim
    • …
    phrases
    • the spread of AIDS
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