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Definition: AIDS |
AIDSNoun1. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "AIDS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | AIDS /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple or Amiga), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe SEX. See virus, worm, Trojan horse, virgin. Source: Jargon File. |
Sports & Leisure | The horse is controlled through the mediur=m of signals. . . given by the rider to the horse. Successful control depends on how well the horse understands these signals or aids. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the name given in 1981 to a newly emerging medical condition, a syndrome (group of symptoms) now known to arise from the progressive destruction of the body's immune system. This destruction is caused by infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a virus transmitted through bodily fluids such as blood and semen.
Right after HIV infection a mild disease (seroconversion) develops, which passes when killer T cells begin to suppress the virus, shortly before the body produces antibodies. In the absence of any kind of treatment, AIDS (HIV-induced immune system collapse) develops on average 10 years later, although the documented range is as short as 2 years and as long as about 18. Death usually occurs some 2 years after the onset of AIDS. Newer anti-retroviral cocktail treatments have played a part in delaying the onset of AIDS or reducing the symptoms of AIDS.
HIV causes disease by infecting the CD4+ T cells (which are also called T4 cells or helper T cells). These are a subset of leukocytes (white blood cells) that normally coordinate the immune response to infection. T cells are part of the immune system and important in fighting infection and cancer. Once a HIV+ individual's CD4+ T cell count has decreased to a certain threshold, they are prone to a range of diseases that the body can normally control. These include cancers and opportunistic infections, which are usually the cause of death. HIV also infects brain cells, causing some neurological disorders.
HIV infection is entirely preventable by following simple, basic precautions. The only known cause of transmission is the exchange of bodily fluids.
There is still no known cure for AIDS, and many people still die every year, particularly in Third World countries where treatments are either not available or prohibitively expensive. Current and experimental treatments for AIDS are covered in the HIV section. Work on a vaccine continues, but progress has been slow.
A few scientists continue to question the connection between HIV and AIDS, the very existence of HIV, or of an independent AIDS disease. The validity of current testing methods is also questioned. Dissident scientists report that they are usually not invited to attend AIDS conferences and are not granted research funding. Prominent members of this group are virus researcher Peter Duesberg and Nobel Prize laureate Kary Mullis. Their opponents often characterize their position as "AIDS denialism" and believe their public proselytization for their various theories is destructive to the adoption of appropriate preventative and therapeutic measures.
See AIDS reappraisal.
HIV is closely related to viruses causing AIDS-like diseases in many primates, and it is generally believed to have been transferred from animals to humans at some time during the early 20th century, though some evidence suggests it may have been transferred earlier in several isolated cases. The exact animal source, time, and location of the transfer (or indeed, how many transfers there were) is not known. A virus virtually identical to human HIV (known as Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, or SIV) has been found in chimpanzees, but it is not certain that the transfer was from chimps to humans or whether both chimps and humans were infected from a third source.
Scientific studies have suggested the virus spread initially in West Africa, but it is possible that there were several separate "initial sources", including somewhere in South America. The earliest sample known to contain HIV was taken in 1959 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Other early samples include one from an American male who died in 1969, and a Norwegian sailor in 1976.
Most scientists believe that the spread of the virus was slow at first. When infected people visited prostitutes in Africa's rapidly growing urban areas, however, the spread of the virus began to accelerate. Truckers and other travelers infected by the prostitutes spread the virus from one city to another in many parts of Africa. Infected air travelers unwittingly spread the virus to other continents.
A misconception holds that the virus was introduced to North America by one person, Patient Zero.
The era of AIDS officially begins in July 1981, when the CDC issued a press release describing the clustering of cases of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. Kaposi's Sarcoma wasn't unknown to physicians at the time, but the tight clustering of cases was. Most were homosexual men who were sexually active, and many were also found to suffer from other chronic diseases that were later identified as opportunistic infections. Subsequent blood tests revealed that many were lacking in adequate numbers of CD4+ T cells. Despite determined attempts to find a cure many of these victims died within a few months of diagnosis.
At first the then-unknown syndrome was referred to as GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency). However, as similar disorders were diagnosed amongst Haitian immigrants, intravenous drug users, and patients who had received blood transfusions, scientists realized they had a more complicated disease than had been previously thought. By the end of 1982, the disease had received its present name to better reflect its multifaceted nature.
As of the year 2002 AIDS is a global pandemic, and it shows no signs of slowing down. It is estimated that over 40 million people worldwide are HIV-positive and about 13 million have already died from AIDS-related disease, mainly tuberculosis. If such trends continue it is likely that the global death toll for AIDS will be comparable to other plagues such as the Black Death and the Spanish Flu.
In Western countries, the infection rate of HIV has slowed somewhat, due to education of safe sex practices. In some populations, however, such as young urban gay men, infection rates show signs of rising again. In Britain the number of people diagnosed with HIV increased 26% from 2000 to 2001. This is of major concern to public health workers. AIDS continues to be a problem with illegal sex workers and injection drug users. The death rate has also fallen considerably, as combinations of AIDS treatment drugs (often called "cocktails") have proven to be an effective (if expensive) means of suppressing HIV.
However in Third World countries (especially Sub-Saharan Africa), poor economic conditions (leading to the use of dirty needles in healthcare clinics) and lack of sex education means continued high infection rates. Some countries in Africa now have around 25% of the working adult population who are HIV-positive, the highest being Botswana with 35.8% (1999 estimate - source World Press Review). See AIDS in Africa.
AIDS is also rising steadily in Asia. As of July 2003, India's HIV-positive people numbered about 4.6 million, roughly 0.9% of the working adult population. In China the number was roughly from 1 million to 1.5 million, with some estimates going much higher. AIDS seems to be under control in Thailand and Cambodia, but new infections occur in those nations at a steady rate.
See also: AIDS in America, Homosexuality and medical science,
AIDS quilt/NAMES project, List of HIV patients
In 1983, FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus) was discovered by Neils Pederson, doing research on a cat that seemed to be showing AIDS-like symptoms. A close relative of AIDS, it led to an immediate scare that it could spread to a number of wild cat species which are already endangered. Tests for the disease began on various African wild cat species. To the surprise of most involved, the disease was turning up everywhere. The infected wild cat species simply were not showing symptoms like the housecats were. This led to a high level of curiosity as to how the wild species were managing to be infected without this happening.
The initial theories - that the disease was remaining inactive in their systems, that the disease was only present in small amounts, or that the disease wasn't killing the cells that it infected - were all proven wrong. It turned out that the virus was present in huge quantities, and was killing many T-cells. Infected cats from species that didn't show symptoms, however, were simply replacing them as quickly as they were destroyed. It appeared that the wild cat species that were studied had a genetic adaptation to the disease. Housecats, which had not contracted the disease until recently, had no such immunity.
Despite the initial expectation of the researcher, it has since been determined that FIV has no particular relationship to HIV except in its name.
Research in primates has found a variable level of susceptibility to SIV between chimpanzees from different regions of Africa. This has profound implications for research on HIV, not only in ensuring equal natural resistance to the disease amongst laboratory animals. Although SIV and HIV have some similarities, humans can not be infected with SIV, and primates do not get sick from HIV.
In some parts of Africa, HIV infects more than one in every four people.
Prior reports of resistance in humans have proven disappointing in the end: For example, among populations of African prostitutes who were regularly exposed to the virus through unsafe sex practices, some apparently immune individuals were described during the early 1990s and made the subjects of intensive research into mechanisms of natural resistance. However, eventually, each woman in the study became infected with HIV, and no useful data was produced to help with a vaccine.
Similarly, a handful of babies born to HIV+ mothers were described at birth as being HIV+ and later tested negative. Subsequent studies have shown that the testing method was at fault, and these babies never were infected with HIV. The earlier studies checked for antibodies against HIV, not the virus itself, and -- like all other kinds of antibodies in breast-fed babies -- these infants tested positive on the basis of their mothers' antibodies, which had been transmitted to them during feeding.
Infection
The most common ways to contract HIV include unprotected sexual activity and the use of unsterilized needles by users of intravenous recreational drugs. The virus can also be transmitted from mother to unborn child. Blood transfusions of contaminated blood as well as blood products to treat hemophilia have also been major routes of infection in the past, leading to stricter screening procedures.HIV and AIDS
Not everyone who is infected with HIV is considered to have AIDS. The AIDS diagnosis is usually made when a certain level of damage has been done to the immune system and is defined by the occurrence of opportunistic infections. Opportunistic infections are caused by agents usually unable to induce diseases in healthy humans. Up until that point, the person is considered simply HIV-positive. The immune damage can be quantified by the decrease of the helper T cell count, the HIV target cells in the blood. A count below 200 per cubic millimetre is considered as one criterion for AIDS. Origin and description of symptoms
AIDS defining illnesses
There are several accepted AIDS defining illnesses which include:
AIDS Prevention
Only minute amounts of the virus are present in saliva and sweat, and activities such as kissing, sharing glasses or shaking hands are generally considered to be safe.AIDS Treatment
Alternative theories
Origin of the virus
Early Years of the Epidemic
Current Status
Immunity
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "AIDS."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AIDS | Danish | Erhvervet immundefekt syndrom | Medicine |
AIDS | Dutch | Verworven immunodeficiëntie-syndroom | Medicine |
AIDS | English | Abstracts Information Dissemination System | Information |
AIDS | Finnish | HIV-tauti | Medicine |
AIDS | German | Erworbenes Immunschwäche-Syndrom | Medicine |
AIDS | Greek | σύνδρομο επίκτητης ανοσολογικής ανεπάρκειας | Medicine |
AIDS | Italian | Sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita | Medicine |
| AIDOTA | English | Analytical Index of Dictionaries and Other Translating Aids | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AIDSSynonyms: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Acquired immunological deficiency syndrome. (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We are Band Aids. (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) | |
Lyrics | Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz ("We Didn't Start The Fire"; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work, and you rush up to the front to fix it. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lemonade Aids Cupid (1916) Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Baffles Aids Cupid (1915) Questioning Aids in South Africa (2000) Odo Ya! Vida com Aids (1997) Aids Affects Us All (1994) | |
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 | A. Peripheral blood leukocyte from an AIDS patient producing HIV. There are several particles budding from the periphery of the cell. Other virus particles cluster outside the cell membrane. (x30) b. Enlargement of far right center area of top photo showing mature HIV particles. (x90) c. HIV particle budding from cell membrane. (x200) d. Mature hiv particle with characteristic core. (x200). See artwork: GR-07.Credit: Matt Gonda (photographer). |  | PET scan on an 11-year-old boy with hemophilia and AIDS. Before treatment subject was confused and somnolent. These symptoms were resolved with AZT therapy. The increase in green and red areas after treatment denotes a rise in glucose metabolism, indicating an improvement in brain function.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | CDC employees manning AIDS hotline.Credit: CDC. |  | Sign: America Responds to AIDS.Credit: CDC. |
 | Landing Aids.Credit: NASA. |  | A sand fence is nearly buried as it aids in the retention of the sand dune structure along this Florida coastline.Credit: Tim McCabe. |
 | You Can Get AIDs Poster. |  | Women Can Get AIDs Too Poster. |
 | San Marino Int'l Symposium on AIDs Poster. |  | Spend Time with a Friend who has AIDs Poster. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Mikhail A. Bakunin | To him (the revolutionist) whatever aids the triumph of the revolution is ethical; all that which hinders it is unethical and criminal. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | In like manner it shall be done concerning aids from the city of London. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In that dark masonry of evil of which she was a part, everything is known, secrets are kept, and each aids the other. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It aids digestion of fats in the duodenum. (references) | |
Fiber aids digestion and helps prevent constipation. (references) | ||
They are not related to AIDS, nor are they a type of cancer. (references) | ||
Business | AIDS is considered the most serious worldwide health problem. (references) | |
In December 1984, the first AIDS case was identified in Taiwan. (references) | ||
The technical aids on show are often made available by manufacturers. (references) | ||
Children | South Africa | The Cabinet continued to withhold approval for programs to reduce the rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS during the year; however, the director of AIDS programs allowed provincial governments to implement the programs without cabinet approval. (references) |
Sri Lanka | The Government also provides some financial support to NGO's that assist persons with disabilities; subsidizes prosthetic devices and other medical aids for persons with disabilities; makes some purchases from suppliers with disabilities; and has registered 74 schools and training institutions for persons with disabilities run by NGO's. (references) | |
India | Each entity provides specific services or training, including producing aids and prosthetics, promoting disabled-oriented economic development activities, offering training to health-care professionals and vocational instructors concerning disabled-related issues, and providing comprehensive rehabilitation services to the rural disabled. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | China | In May the Government prevented Dr. Gao Yaojie, who had exposed the cause of an AIDS epidemic in several villages, from traveling abroad to receive an award. (references) |
Discrimination | Brazil | A state law approved in Rio de Janeiro in May prohibits discrimination against carriers of AIDS by schools, stores, and clubs, with fines for violators up to $18,500 (50,000 reais). (references) |
Economic History | Barbados | Such unused Hotel Aids costs may be inherited by subsequent owners. (references) |
Human Rights | Panama | Tuberculosis, AIDS, and other communicable diseases are common among the prison population. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Prisoners immobilized by and dying of AIDS are not transferred to a hospital, but some terminal-stage inmates were released to spend their last days at home. (references) | |
Panama | Medical care is practically nonexistent; prisoners with AIDS told reporters that they are isolated in small cells, and that medical attention is provided once a year. (references) | |
Political Economy | GERMANY | The Commission, however, is continuing a major anti-trust investigation of state aids for DP, which has been underway since 1994. (references) |
Travel | Syria | Currently there are no AIDS test requirements for short-term visitors. (references) |
Ghana | Sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, exist in Ghana and are becoming widespread. (references) | |
Women | Zimbabwe | Groups that focus on the problems of protection of women against domestic violence and sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS included the Women and AIDS Support Network and the Musasa Project. (references) |
Worker Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | TAIS-Plus is a local NGO that offers assistance (both medical and psychological) to women (including prostitutes) as well as instructs former prostitutes on their legal rights and conducts prevention projects for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and AIDS. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | Former President Bill Clinton took part in a town hall forum of present and former world leaders as part of the World AIDS Conference in Spain. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The considerations stipulated are that we shall extend to them our patronage and protection and give them certain annual aids in money, in implements of agriculture, and other articles of their choice. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | With new resources, NIH will now become the most powerful discovery engine for an AIDS vaccine, working with other scientists to finally end the threat of AIDS. |
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| "AIDS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 65.81% of the time. "AIDS" is used about 3,162 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 65.81% | 2,081 | 4,170 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 15.67% | 495 | 12,127 |
| Noun (common) | 12.01% | 380 | 14,447 |
| Noun (plural) | 6.48% | 205 | 21,272 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,162 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "AIDS". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Joezer | N/A | Biblical | He that aids |
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Expressions using "AIDS": AIDS and HIV ♦ AIDS dementia complex ♦ aids patient ♦ AIDS related complex ♦ AIDS Serodiagnosis ♦ aids sufferer ♦ AIDS Vaccines ♦ aids victim ♦ aids victims ♦ audiovisual aids ♦ auditory aids ♦ centre for cancer and aids screening ♦ Communication Aids for Disabled ♦ computer aids ♦ digital aids recorder ♦ educational aids ♦ fight against aids ♦ filter aids ♦ fixing aids ♦ Hearing Aids ♦ HIV and AIDS ♦ mechanical aids ♦ meteorological aids ♦ Pharmaceutic Aids ♦ physical aids ♦ radio approach aids ♦ Serological test for AIDS ♦ State aids ♦ suffering from aids ♦ teaching aids ♦ telephone aids ♦ training aids ♦ visual aids ♦ visual aids panel. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "AIDS": aids-acclimatised, aids-associated, AIDS-Associated Nephropathy, aids-awareness, aids-concerned, aids-contaminated, Aids-de-camp, aids-defining, aids-epidemic, aids-era, aids-free, aids-h, aids-induced, aids-like, aids-prevention, AIDS-related, AIDS-Related, AIDS-Related Complex, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, aids-stricken, aids-sufferer, aids-sufferers, aids-tested, aids-testing. | |
Ending with "AIDS": anti-aids, Band-aids, hearing-aids, post-aids. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aids na áfrica | 5 |
aids bebê mãe transmitida | 2 |
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Albanian | sida. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرض فقدان المناعة المكتسبة, أيدز مرض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спин, пособия (fixings), помощници, помагала. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 艾滋病. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aids. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | AIDS-ramt person (AIDS sufferer), AIDS-related complex (AIDS-Related Complex), AIDS-relateret komplex (AIDS related complex), ARC (AIDS-Related Complex, arcus, Rainbow Group), audiovisuelle hjælpemidler (audiovisual aids), AIDS-linje (AIDS Helpline), erklæret AIDS (declared AIDS), MAC-studiet (Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study), indtrængnings-hjælpemidler (PEN Aids, Penetration Aids), Handlingsplan for 1991-1993 inden for rammerne af programmet Europa mod AIDS (EUROPE AGAINST AIDS, Plan of action in the framework of the 1991 to 1993 Europe against AIDS programme), gruppeforstaerker (group aids), gennemtrængnings-hjælpemidler (PEN Aids, Penetration Aids), flypositionssystem (fixing aids), filtermaterialer (filter aids, filtering materials), Europa mod aids (Europe against AIDS), neonatal AIDS (neonatal AIDS), encefalopati forårsaget af hiv (AIDS dementia complex, AIDS-related dementia, HIV dementia syndrome, HIV encephalopathy, HIV-associated dementia), EF-handlingsprogram vedrørende forebyggelse af AIDS og visse andre smitsomme sygdomme som led i indsatsen på folkesundhedsområdet (EUROPE AGAINST AIDS, Programme of Community action on the prevention of AIDS and certain other communicable diseases within the framework for action in the field of public health), Europæisk AIDS-vaccine (European Vaccine against AIDS), telefonekstraudstyr (enhanced telephony, telephone aids), visuelle hjaelpemidler (visual aids), varm linje med AIDS-oplysning (AIDS hotline), undervisningsmidler (educational aids, teaching aids, teaching equipment, training aids), undervisningsmateriel (educational aids, teaching aids, teaching equipment, training aids), undervisningsmateriale (courseware, educational aids, educational software, teaching aids, teaching equipment, teaching software, teachware, training aids), underkaste sig en AIDS-test (to undergo an AIDS test), tillægstjenesteudstyr (enhanced telephony, telephone aids), mangehoerer (group aids), testapparater (test aids), meteorologiske hjælpemidler (meteorological aids), stoetteforanstaltninger til fordel for skibsbygningsindustrien formindskes gradvis (the aids granted to shipbuilding shall be progressively reduced), stoetteforanstaltninger i det omfang,de alene modsvarer en manglende toldbeskyttelse (in so far as these aids serve only to compensate for the absence of customs protection), statsstoette (aids granted by States), statsstøtte (State aids), støttekoden (Aids Code), præ-AIDS (AIDS-Related Complex), omfanget af den gennemfoerte hjaelp (extent to which the aids have been implemented), visuelt laeremiddel (visual aids), testhjaelpemidler (test aids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aids. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aidozo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | eyðkvæmi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Aidsin ja eräiden muiden tartuntatautien ehkäisemistä koskeva yhteisön toimintaohjelma kansanterveyden alalla (EUROPE AGAINST AIDS, Programme of Community action on the prevention of AIDS and certain other communicable diseases within the framework for action in the field of public health), AIDS (declared AIDS), ohitusta helpottavat keinot (passing aids, passing aids system), havaintovälineet (audio-visual aids), HIV-tauti (declared AIDS), immunikatoviruksen aiheuttama enkefalopatia (AIDS dementia complex, AIDS-related dementia, HIV dementia syndrome, HIV encephalopathy, HIV-associated dementia), immuunikadon enkefalopatia (AIDS dementia complex, AIDS-related dementia, HIV dementia syndrome, HIV encephalopathy, HIV-associated dementia), Multicenter AIDS Cohort-tutkimus (Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study), vastasyntyneen AIDS (neonatal AIDS), paikannusjärjestelmä (fixing aids), puhelimen apuvälineet (enhanced telephony, telephone aids), säätutkimuksen apuvälineet (meteorological aids), suodatinmateriaali (filter aids, filtering materials), täydennetty puhelin (electronic telephone, enhanced telephone, enhanced telephony, intelligent telephone, smart telephone, telephone aids), testausvälineet (test aids), immuunikatovirustauti (declared AIDS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sida. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hilft (aides, assists, helps), Beihilfen (abetments), AIDS. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μελέτη MAC (Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study), οπτικοακουστικά μέσα (audiovisual aids), οπτικά βοηθήματα (visual aids), Σχέδιο δράσης σχετικά με το πρόγραμμα "Η Ευρώπη κατά του ΑIDS" 1991-1993, ευρωπαϊκό εμβόλιο κατά του AIDS (European Vaccine against AIDS), ενισχυμένη τηλεφωνία (enhanced telephony, telephone aids), ενισχύσεις (State aids), εγκεφαλοπάθεια από ιό ανοσοανεπάρκειας του ανθρώπου (AIDS dementia complex, AIDS-related dementia, HIV dementia syndrome, HIV encephalopathy, HIV-associated dementia), εκδηλωμένο AIDS (declared AIDS), εκδηλωμένο Σ.Ε.Α.Α. (declared AIDS), Ευρωπαϊκό εμβόλιο κατά του ΑΙDS (E uropean V accine against A IDS, European Vaccine against AIDS), υποβάλλομαι σε τεστ AIDS (to undergo an AIDS test), διηθητικές ύλες (filter aids, filtering materials), μετεωρολογικά βοηθήματα (meteorological aids), Κοινοτικό πρόγραμμα δράσης σχετικά με την πρόληψη του AIDS και ορισμένων άλλων μεταδοτικών νόσων εντός του πλαισίου δράσης στον τομέα της δη (EUROPE AGAINST AIDS, Programme of Community action on the prevention of AIDS and certain other communicable diseases within the framework for action in the field of public health), μέσα δοκιμής (test aids, test facilities), μέσα διδασκαλίας (educational aids, teaching aids, teaching equipment, training aids), νεογνικό Σ.Ε.Α.Α. (neonatal AIDS), ιόσ ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών (computer aids), βοηθήματα για προσπέρασμα (passing aids, passing aids system), βοηθήματα καθορισμού στίγματος (fixing aids), βοηθητικά μέσα διείσδυσης (PEN Aids, Penetration Aids), βοηθητικά μέσα εισχώρησης (PEN Aids, Penetration Aids), σύμπλοκο σχετιζόμενο με το ΑΙDS (AIDS-Related Complex), σύμπλεγμα σχετιζόμενο με το Aids (AIDS related complex), κατά το μέτρο που οι ενισχύσεις αντιστοιχούν απλώς προς μία ελλείπουσα δασμολογική προστασία (in so far as these aids serve only to compensate for the absence of customs protection), κρατικές ενισχύσεις (aids granted by States), παιδιατρικό Σ.Ε.Α.Α (neonatal AIDS). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אמצעי שמע (auditory aids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aids. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | エイズ (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 후천성 면역 결핍증. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coodaghyn sooilley (visual aids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aidsay subsídios (grant, subsidy), sida (Cuba jute, Escobilla, Malvaisco, Queensland hemp, Sida), síndrome da imuno-deficiência adquirida. (various references) сборы (dues), спид (aids disease), вспомогательные средства. (various references) aids, sindrom stečene imunološke deficijencije, sida, oboljenje auto-imunog sistema. (various references) sida (arrow-leaf sida, broom jute sida, Cuba jute, Cuban jute, Escobilla, Malvaisco, Queensland hemp, rhomboid ilima, Sida, sida hemp). (various references) aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). (various references) aids, bağışıklık sistemini çökerten öldürücü hastalık. (various references) спід (back). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AIDS": bandaids, barmaids, bondmaids, braids, bridesmaids, caids, chambermaids, counterraids, dairymaids, handmaids, housemaids, maids, medicaids, mermaids, milkmaids, navaids, nursemaids, overplaids, plaids, qaids, raids, saids, unbraids, upbraids. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AIDS": maidservant, maidservants. (additional references) | |
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"AIDS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aacs, aad, aasd, Ades, adi, adic, adis, adish, adist, adits, adix, adsf, adsl, adsm, Adso, adsr, Aedes, aedis, Aevs, afds, aias, aibd, aics, aida, aidd, aidu, aidv, Aidy, ains, Aisb, aiso, aissf, Aitc, aits, aiud, aiws, Akdes, aldhs, amids, anids, arids, aridz, asids, aulds, avids, edis, eides, eids, iada, Iades, iadz, Iahs, iamids, isd, naides, naids, oids, ooids, taids, Uidh, yaid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AIDS" (pronounced ā"dz) |
| 3 | ā" d z | aides, arcades, blades, blockades, braids, brigades, brocades, cascades, charades, crusades, decades, degrades, evades, fades, glades, grades, grenades, invades, jades, maids, palisades, parades, persuades, pervades, raids, shades, spades, suedes, tirades, trades, upgrades, wades. |
| 2 | -d z | abides, abounds, accedes, accolades, accords, acids, adds, adenoids, ads, adz, affords, afterwards, airfields, alcids, alkaloids, alludes, almonds, altitudes, amends, ands, annelids, anodes, antacids, aphids, applauds, aptitudes, arachnids, armbands, arrowheads, arthropods, ascends, asides, asteroids, astounds, attends, attitudes, avoids, awards, azides, backgrounds, backwards, backwoods, backyards, Badlands, ballads, bands, barricades, baseboards, bastards, battlefields, battlegrounds, beachheads, beads, beards, beds, befriends, behinds, bends, besides, bicuspids, bids, billboards, billiards, binds, biohazards, birds, blackbirds, blackboards, bleeds, blends, blinds, blizzards, blondes, blonds, bloodhounds, bloods, boards, boatloads, bodes, bodyguards, bolds, bonds, bookends, boulevards, bounds, boyfriends, brachiopods, brands, breads, breeds, brides, bridesmaids, bromides, brownfields, buds, builds, bulkheads, Bullheads, bunds, busloads, buzzards, buzzwords, campgrounds, cardboards, cards, carloads, carryforwards, caseloads, cathodes, cedes, checkerboards, chides, childhoods, chords, clapboards, clouds, codes, coeds, coincides, colds, collards, collides, coloreds, commands, commends, compounds, comrades, concedes, concludes, confides, confounds, contends, copperheads, cords, cornfields, corresponds, corrodes, corticosteroids, cottonwoods, courtyards, cowards, creeds, crossroads, crosswords, crowds, crudes, cupboards, Cupids, cycads, dads, dashboards. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dais, sadi, said. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-s" | |
-1 letter: ads, aid, ais, dis, ids, sad. | |
-2 letters: ad, ai, as, id, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-s" | |
+1 letter: acids, adios, adits, aides, amids, asdic, aside, cadis, caids, daisy, dashi, dials, ditas, divas, gadis, ideas, kadis, maids, padis, qaids, raids, sadis, saids, sapid, sayid, staid, tsadi, wadis. | |
+2 letters: abides, adieus, admits, adonis, advise, aiders, aisled, alcids, amides, amidst, aphids, aroids, asdics, asides, audios, audits, avoids, axised, azides, biased, braids, caddis, cairds, canids, capsid, daises, dalasi, danios, danish, darics, dashis, dassie, davies, davits, deairs, deasil, dicast, dinars, dipsas, disarm, disbar, dismal, dismay, distal, divans, diwans, drails, drains, dulias, gaddis, gadids, hadjis, halids, ideals, iliads, irades, island, jadish, jassid, jihads, khadis, ladies, lairds, liards, lidars, masjid, medias, misadd, nadirs, naiads, nicads, plaids, radios, radish, radius, raised, ranids, rapids, redias, resaid, sadism, sadist, sailed, sained, saiyid, salpid, sandhi, sayids, sayyid, shaird, sialid, sirdar, spadix, sparid, stadia, triads, tsadis, unsaid, viands, visaed, visard, wadies, yairds. | |
+3 letters: abiders, acarids, acedias, adagios, addicts, adipose, adipous, adjoins, admires, admixes, advices, advised, advisee, adviser, advises, advisor, adzukis, aediles, agisted, aidless, aikidos, airshed, aldrins, alidads, alipeds, amidase, amidins, amidols, aniseed, aphides, apsidal, apsides, aramids, aridest, ascarid, ascidia, aspired, astride, audiles, audings, avidins, baddies, baldies, baldish, bandies, bandits, basidia, basined, bawdies, biassed, braised, briards, bridals, caddies, caddish, candids, candies, capsids, cardias, cicadas, cladist, codeias, cyanids, dacoits, dadaism, dadaist, daddies, dahlias, daikers, daikons, dailies, daimios, daimons, daimyos, dairies, daisied, daisies, dakoits, dalasis, dallies, dampish, dandies, darbies, darings, darkies, darkish, dashier, dashiki, dashing, dassies, datives, dauties, dawties, dayside, deafish, dearies, degamis, denials, derails, despair, destain, details, detains, devisal, diabase, diacids, diadems, dialers, dialist, dialogs, dialyse, diamins, diapers, diapirs, diapsid, diaries, diarist, diastem, diaster, diatoms, diazins, dibasic, dicasts, didacts, diktats, dilates, dioxans, diphase, diquats, dirhams, disable, disarms, disavow, disband, disbars, discant, discard, discase, disdain, disease, dishpan, dishrag, dismals, dismast, dismays, dispart, display, disrate, dissave, disseat, distaff, distain, distant, domains, drastic, dualism, dualist, durians, dyadics, dysuria, elapids, faddish, faddism, faddist, fadeins, fadings, farside, gadoids, ganoids, gaudies, gradins, guisard, hadiths, hairdos, halides, haloids, hardies, ideates, incased, indabas, indusia, inlands, innards, inroads, instead, invades, inwards, iodates, islands, isolead, izzards, jassids, kaddish, kidnaps, laddies, ladings, ladinos, ladyish, lapides, liaised, ligands, lizards, maddish, maidens, maidish, mantids, masjids, mastoid, medials, medians, medinas, midairs, middays, midrash, midways, mikados, miladis, misadds, misdate, misdeal, misdial, misdraw, mislaid, mislead, mismade, misread, missaid, myriads, naiades, nandins, navaids, odalisk, ordains, oxidase, paddies, palsied, pandies, pandits, phasmid, plasmid, plastid, pleiads, praised, qindars, radials, radians, radices, radiums, radixes, raiders, randies, readies, redials, residua, ribalds, ribands, ritards, roadies, sadiron, sadisms, sadists, sainted, saiyids, sallied, salpids, sandhis, sandier, sanding, sandpit, sarcoid, sardine, sardius, satyrid, savvied, sayyids, scaldic, scandia, scandic, seabird, seaside, sedarim, sedilia, shadier, shadily, shading, shairds, sialids, sialoid, sidearm, sidebar, sidecar, sideman, sideway, siganid, sirdars, skaldic, skidway, snailed, spading, sparids, sparoid, squalid, stadias, stadium, staider, staidly, stained, subacid, subarid, subidea, sudaria, sundial, tardies, tirades, toadies, toadish, tuladis, visaged, visards, vistaed, vizards, waddies, waisted, wayside, whidahs, wizards, woodsia, zodiacs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 49 44 53 |
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