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discordant couple

discordant couple
 n.— «Jim, 31, says he and his wife, June, are “a discordant couple,” meaning that one is infected with the AIDS virus and the other isn’t.» —“Aids Threat To Women Increasing” by Kay Longcope Boston Globe (Mass.) Aug. 23, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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