Discordant means that one of the partners has HIV and the other does not.
The issue perhaps is not that the HIV partner cannotinfect, but that the partner has not yet infected the non-infected partner.Odds are that an infected person who has unprotected sex with the non-infected partner will eventually pass on the disease.Research has shown that there is a small percentage of the human population that is incapable of contracting the HIV virus due to a genetic mutation that does not allow the virus to reproduce. However, unless this is the case with all discordant couples (which is highly unlikely) the virus will likely be passed on with repeated exposure.
The discordant family quarreled often.
"Discordant" is an adjective. It is used to describe something that is not in harmony or agreement.
Batholiths are typically discordant intrusions, meaning they cut across the existing rock layers and do not conform to the bedding planes of the surrounding rocks.
discordant color is inharmonious combinations of hue, often at great distance on color wheel.
The family trip was ruined due to discord amongst the members.
The House Discordant - 1914 was released on: USA: 2 July 1914
He was discordant in his outwardly demeanor as he reluctantly agreed to answer his curious question on answers.com.
Make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one.
The discordant noise echoed through the school. That discordant heavy metal music left me deaf. Although the choir's performance was at times cacophonous and at times only discordant, the children's parents were uniformly delighted by the concert. The two political science undergraduate students had discordant opinions regarding the healthcare system in the U.S.
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