aids

noun

1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

   “Patients with AIDS become highly susceptible to infection by intracellular microbes normally contained by T cells (Fig. 4.8).”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of aid
3. (alt-of, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”).

   “If you were a South African health journalist during the late 1990s and early 2000s, you were mostly an Aids reporter.”

adj

1. (offensive, slang, vulgar)Extremely annoying or frustrating.

   “Dude, this game is so fucking AIDS.”

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of aid