Aids
Aids noun - A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.
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Nearby Word: aid
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When this disease occurs in someone infected with HIV, it means that the person's HIV has progressed into AIDS.
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I Thought You Meant: Right after Toby tells June that he's dying of AIDS and because he won't be here much longer he can do whatever he wants, for a second June thinks he means it in a sexual way.
- Jack Chick's tract "Wounded Children" contains an odd variant: A Depraved Homosexual speaks of his lover dying of "cancer", which a footnote tells us means "AIDS".
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