aids
B2Frequent NGSL-2UK /eɪdz/US /eɪdz/
Meaning
noun
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”
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“animals, and incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS, unable to speak for themselves and waiting to be saved by a kind, white foreigner.”
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