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

“I have had no sympathy from any of the accused. One who was HIV-positive came six times. Not once did my husband express any concern about my health,” she said.

From BBC

He was also one of the first to disclose he was HIV-positive.

From Salon

“When I was diagnosed HIV-positive, it was like, who else will ever touch me? I thought, OK, I'm stuck. This is it, I’ll make do.”

From Salon

“It is really regrettable that he competed in the final round of the Olympics if he knew he was HIV-positive,” Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee chairman Park Seh-jik told Reuters in 1995.

From Salon

He had also, unknown to the rest of the world, recently learned he was HIV-positive.

From Salon

Related Words

• acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• sexually transmitted disease
• virus