Definitions for aidseɪdz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
AIDSeɪdz(n.)
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, to certain cancers, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, esp. by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
Category: Pathology
Origin of AIDS:
1982; a(cquired)i(mmune)d(eficiency)s(yndrome)
Princeton's WordNet
AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome(noun)
a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
AIDS(noun)ɪdz
a disease that attacks the immune system
Translations for aids
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
AIDS(abbreviation)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; a disease that affects the immune system
He had a blood test to see if he had AIDS.
- vigsAfrikaans
- مَرَضْ الأيدْز/ فُقْدَان المَنَاعَهArabic
- СПИНBulgarian
- SIDAPortuguese (BR)
- AIDSCzech
- AidsGerman
- aidsDanish
- ΈιτζGreek
- sidaSpanish
- AIDS, aidsEstonian
- ایدزFarsi
- AIDSFinnish
- sidaFrench
- אֵיידסHebrew
- एड्स बीमारीHindi
- SIDACroatian
- AIDSHungarian
- AIDSIndonesian
- AIDSItalian
- エイズJapanese
- 후천성 면역 결핍증Korean
- AIDS,įgyto imunodeficito sindromasLithuanian
- AIDSLatvian
- penyakit aidsMalay
- aidsDutch
- aidsNorwegian
- AIDSPolish
- ایدزPersian
- ایدزPashto
- SIDARomanian
- СПИД, синдром приобретённого иммунодефицитаRussian
- AIDS, syndróm zlyhania imunitySlovak
- aidsSlovenian
- SIDASerbian
- aidsSwedish
- โรคเอดส์Thai
- AIDSTurkish
- 愛滋病Chinese (Trad.)
- синдром набутого імунного дефіциту, СНІДUkrainian
- ایڈز ایک خطرناک عارضہUrdu
- bệnh AIDSVietnamese
- 艾滋病Chinese (Simp.)
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