- person with Aids
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English-german dictionary. 2013.
English-german dictionary. 2013.
People With AIDS — The People With AIDS (PWA) Self Empowerment Movement is a social movement by those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS which grew out of San Francisco in the early 1980s. The PWA Self Empowerment Movement believes that those diagnosed as having AIDS should… … Wikipedia
AIDS — [ eıdz ] noun uncount ** acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a serious disease that destroys the body s IMMUNE SYSTEM (=its ability to defend itself against infection) and usually causes death. AIDS is passed from one person to another through… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
AIDS — For other uses, see AIDS (disambiguation). Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
person of/with — someone having a particular characteristic Used in much the same way as PEOPLE OF/WITH. Thus a person of colour is a black person, and a person with AIDS becomes a PWA, an abbreviation not usually accorded to the victims of other diseases.… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
AIDS denialism — refers to the views of a loosely connected group of individuals and organizations who deny that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV/AIDS denialists prefer the terms rethinker or… … Wikipedia
AIDS — /aydz/, n. Pathol. a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi s sarcoma, and to neurological disorders:… … Universalium
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, auch Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (englisch für „erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom“), zumeist abgekürzt als AIDS oder Aids benannt, bezeichnet eine spezifische Kombination von Symptomen, die beim Menschen in … Deutsch Wikipedia
Aids — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, auch Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (englisch für „erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom“), zumeist abgekürzt als AIDS oder Aids benannt, bezeichnet eine spezifische Kombination von Symptomen, die beim Menschen in … Deutsch Wikipedia
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power — ACT UP, or the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, is a diverse, non partisan group of individuals ... committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. from the ACT UP/New York website.ACT UP was effectively formed on March 10, 1987 at the Lesbian … Wikipedia
AIDS origin — HIV, the infectious agent that causes AIDS, is thought to have originated in non human primates in sub Saharan Africa and to have been transferred to humans during the 20th century.Two species of HIV infect humans: HIV 1 and HIV 2. HIV 2 may have … Wikipedia
List of AIDS-related topics — This is a list of AIDS related topics, many of which were originally taken from the public domain U.S. Department of Health Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms, 4th Edition. [http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ed resources/glossary/] NOTOC A AACTG… … Wikipedia