discordant couple

discordant couple
 n.โ€” ยซJim, 31, says he and his wife, June, are “a discordant couple,” meaning that one is infected with the AIDS virus and the other isnโ€™t.ยป โ€”โ€œAids Threat To Women Increasing” by Kay Longcope Boston Globe (Mass.) Aug. 23, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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