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[1] 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: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
[2] to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
[3] to promote the progress or accomplishment of; facilitate.
[4] to give help or assistance.
[5] help or support; assistance.
[6] a person or thing that aids or furnishes assistance; helper; auxiliary.
[7] aids, Manège . Also called natural aids. the means by which a rider communicates with and controls a horse, as the hands, legs, voice, and shifts in weight. Also called artificial aids. the devices by means of which a rider increases control of a horse, as spurs, whip, and martingale.
[8] aide-de-camp.
[9] foreign aid.
[10] a payment made by feudal vassals to their lord on special occasions.
[11] English History . (after 1066) any of several revenues received by a king in the Middle Ages from his vassals and other subjects, limited by the Magna Charta to specified occasions.
[12] 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.
[13] 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
[14] denoting a charitable organization or function that raises money for a cause Band Aid ; Ferryaid
[15] acute infectious disease
[16] artificial insemination (by) donor: former name for Donor Insemination (DI)
[17] to give support to (someone to do something); help or assist
[18] (tr) to assist financially
[19] assistance; help; support
[20] a person, device, etc, that helps or assists a teaching aid
[21] Also: artificial aid mountaineering any of various devices such as piton or nut when used as a direct help in the ascent
[22] (in medieval Europe; in England after 1066) a feudal payment made to the king or any lord by his vassals, usually on certain occasions such as the marriage of a daughter or the knighting of an eldest son
[23] in aid of British informal in support of; for the purpose of

Words related to Aids

virus, STD, HIV, HIV-positive

Words nearby Aids

aide-mémoire, aidin, aidman, aidoneus, aidos, AIDS, aids dementia complex, aids virus, aids-related complex, aids-related virus, aiea

Origin of Aids

AIDA(gency for) I(nternational) D(evelopment)

Words that may be confused with Aids

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, aidaid, aide, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry), aides, aids, AIDS

Other words from Aids

aid·er , noun
aid·ful , adjective
aid·less , adjective
un·aid·ed , adjective
un·aid·ed·ly , adverb
un·aid·ing , adjective

Word origin for Aids

C15: via Old French aidier from Latin adjūtāre to help, from juvāre to help

Synonyms for Aids

acquired immune deficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted disease, virus, HIV, STD, HIV-positive