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slim disease

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noun

  1. a form of AIDS common in Africa, marked by emaciation and fever.

Etymology

Origin of slim disease

First recorded in 1985–90

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A prosperous trader, he had contracted "slim disease," a painful wasting away of body tissues by uncontrolled weight loss, chronic diarrhea and prolonged fever.

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