ALL meanings of aids
AIDS
A a - uncountable noun aids AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases. AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'. 3
- noun acronym aids acquired immune (or immuno-)deficiency syndrome: a condition, caused by a virus, in which certain white blood cells (lymphocytes) are destroyed, resulting in loss of the body's ability to protect itself against disease. AIDS is transmitted by sexual intercourse, through infected blood and blood products, and through the placenta 3
- noun aids a condition in which an acquired deficiency of certain leukocytes, esp. T cells, results in a variety of infections, some forms of cancer, and the degeneration of the nervous system: caused by an HIV virus which infects T cells and is transmitted via body fluids, esp. sexual secretions and blood 3
- abbreviation AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome 1
- noun aids Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings “an assisting person,” the spelling aide is increasingly used for the sense “helper, assistant”: One of the senator's aides is calling. Aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp. It is also the spelling in nurse's aide. 1
- noun aids the division of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency that coordinates the various foreign aid programs with U.S. foreign policy: established in 1961. 1
- verb with object aids to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire. 1
- verb with object aids to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate. 1
- verb without object aids to give help or assistance. 1
- noun aids Plural form of aid. 1
- noun Technical meaning of aids (jargon) /aydz/ A* Infected Disk Syndrome ("A*" is a glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple Computer), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe SEX. See virus, worm, Trojan horse, virgin. 1
- noun aids plural of aid. 0
- verb aids third-person singular simple present indicative form of aid. 0