AIDS

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  • Noun:
    a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

Word Origin

AIDS (n.)
1982, acronym formed from acquired immune deficiency syndrome. AIDS cocktail attested by 1997, the thing itself said to have been in use from 1995.

Example

1. The spread of aids can be controlled through education .
2. Aids doesn 't infect through air .
3. Despite these aids , the dutch are disenchanted with politics .
4. Aid worked against aids and malaria .
5. Metropolitan areas have particularly high aids rates .

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