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HIV positive

American  
[eych-ahy-vee-poz-i-tiv] / ˈeɪtʃ aɪˌviˈpɒz ɪ tɪv /
Or HIV-positive

adjective

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


Example Sentences

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More than 40 percent of pregnant women my colleagues and I saw were HIV positive, and I cared for many patients who died of AIDS.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2025

Unlike his discomfort with being a Jew, Cohn's disconnect over his identity as a gay man wound up taking a literally deadly turn for him after he was diagnosed as HIV positive.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

HIV charities had also launched interventions in the case after claims Mr Guerrero Aviña, who is HIV positive, had not had regular access to his medication, which keeps the virus under control.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

At age 19, he found out he was HIV positive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Magic Johnson's admission that he had tested HIV positive was followed, less than two days later, by the "We still love you" T- shirts in Los Angeles.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai