HIV positive

or HIV-pos·i·tive

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

adjective

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

Example Sentences

Over the course of their affair, the woman alleges that Pounding never mentioned that he was HIV-positive.

From The Daily Beast

Today one of every 120 adults between 15 and 49 years of age worldwide is HIV-positive.

From The Daily Beast

But Precious—a modern melodrama with a hugely sympathetic HIV-positive teen at its heart, was a hit with critics and audiences.

From The Daily Beast

I worried I had infected him (White was diagnosed HIV-positive in 1985 and is fortunately a “slow progressor”).

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• sexually transmitted disease
• virus