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sieropositivo

HIV-positive

adjective syeh-roh-poh-ZEE-tee-voh Rare

Also means

seropositive

Usage Note

Sieropositivo (literally 'serum-positive') is the standard Italian clinical and journalistic term for HIV-positive status, or more broadly for testing positive for antibodies to any pathogen. It is also used as a noun: un sieropositivo / una sieropositiva. The opposite is sieronegativo. In respectful usage it is preferred to older terms that conflate infection with advanced illness.

Examples

"Il paziente è risultato sieropositivo al test."

Natural Translation

The patient tested HIV-positive.

Literal Translation

The patient resulted seropositive at-the test.

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