Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being a couple in which one partner has tested positive for HIV and the other has not.
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- adjective Of a
couple with one partnerHIV positive and the other HIV negative.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Between 55.1 percent and 92.7 percent of new infections occurred among "serodiscordant" marital or cohabiting couples, it found.
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In medical lingo, these two are "serodiscordant," but as far as it is possible to see, there is nothing much else discordant about them.
SFGate: Top News Stories Louise Rafkin 2010
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In medical lingo, these two are "serodiscordant," but as far as it is possible to see, there is nothing much else discordant about them.
SFGate: Top News Stories Louise Rafkin 2010
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In medical lingo, these two are "serodiscordant," but as far as it is possible to see, there is nothing much else discordant about them.
SFGate: Top News Stories Louise Rafkin 2010
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"Essentially there were people enrolled in two different groups -- a randomized control trial -- with heterosexual serodiscordant couples, for the most part," Perez explained.
Karen Ocamb: Mario Perez, L.A. County AIDS Czar, on the 'Game-Changing' Year in HIV/AIDS Karen Ocamb 2011
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"Essentially there were people enrolled in two different groups -- a randomized control trial -- with heterosexual serodiscordant couples, for the most part," Perez explained.
Karen Ocamb: Mario Perez, L.A. County AIDS Czar, on the 'Game-Changing' Year in HIV/AIDS Karen Ocamb 2011
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"Essentially there were people enrolled in two different groups -- a randomized control trial -- with heterosexual serodiscordant couples, for the most part," Perez explained.
Karen Ocamb: Mario Perez, L.A. County AIDS Czar, on the 'Game-Changing' Year in HIV/AIDS Karen Ocamb 2011
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"Essentially there were people enrolled in two different groups -- a randomized control trial -- with heterosexual serodiscordant couples, for the most part," Perez explained.
Karen Ocamb: Mario Perez, L.A. County AIDS Czar, on the 'Game-Changing' Year in HIV/AIDS Karen Ocamb 2011
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"Essentially there were people enrolled in two different groups -- a randomized control trial -- with heterosexual serodiscordant couples, for the most part," Perez explained.
Karen Ocamb: Mario Perez, L.A. County AIDS Czar, on the 'Game-Changing' Year in HIV/AIDS Karen Ocamb 2011
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"Essentially there were people enrolled in two different groups -- a randomized control trial -- with heterosexual serodiscordant couples, for the most part," Perez explained.
Karen Ocamb: Mario Perez, L.A. County AIDS Czar, on the 'Game-Changing' Year in HIV/AIDS Karen Ocamb 2011
qroqqa commented on the word serodiscordant
Most of the evidence comes from studies of monogamous hetersexual couples who are "serodiscordant" – in other words one person is HIV positive and the other is not.
—New Scientist, 21 Feb. 2009
March 22, 2009