HIV positive

or HIV-pos·i·tive

[ eych-ahy-vee-poz-i-tiv ]

/ ˈeɪtʃ aɪˌviˈpɒz ɪ tɪv /

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adjective

(of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.

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How to use HIV positive in a sentence

Over the course of their affair, the woman alleges that Pounding never mentioned that he was HIV-positive.
Commando Colonel Accused of Exposing his Lover to HIV|Jacob Siegel|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today one of every 120 adults between 15 and 49 years of age worldwide is HIV-positive.
HIV’s Greatest Foe Went Down With MH17|Kent Sepkowitz|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Precious—a modern melodrama with a hugely sympathetic HIV-positive teen at its heart, was a hit with critics and audiences.
Hollywood’s Evolving Heart: How Movies Grew to Love Gays|Teo Bugbee|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I worried I had infected him (White was diagnosed HIV-positive in 1985 and is fortunately a “slow progressor”).
Edmund White: Sex, Success, and Survival|Tim Teeman|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He won 46 per cent of the Democratic primary vote and was the first openly HIV-positive candidate for federal office in the US.
Sean Strub: Sex, AIDS, Politics and Survival|Tim Teeman|January 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST