AIDS [AIDS] (BrE usually Aids)BrE [eɪdz] NAmE [eɪdz] noun uncountable the abbreviation for ‘Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ’ (an illness which attacks the body's ability to resist infection and which usually causes death) •AIDS research/education/victims •He developed full-blown AIDS five years after contracting HIV.
Example Bank: •Six cases of AIDS have been reported. •a worldwide campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS •people fighting AIDS