AIDS
pronunciation
How to pronounce AIDS in British English:
UK [eɪdz]
How to pronounce AIDS in American English:
US [eɪdz]
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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 .