PWAnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpiː.dʌb.əl.juːˈeɪ/us/ˌpiː.dʌb.əl.juːˈeɪ/abbreviation for person with AIDS (= a serious disease that destroys the body's ability to fight infection)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment
- admission
- asthmatic
- case
- casualty
- convalescent
- day patient
- donor
- dying
- epileptic
- geriatric
- injured
- inpatient
- invalid 1
- outpatient
- patient
- sick
- sufferer
- under
- victim
- wounded