tainted blood
Corrupted life fluid
Tainted blood is blood contaminated by disease, poison, or other harmful agents.
The phrase gained prominence during the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis, when contaminated blood transfusions infected thousands: victims of tainted blood.
It also carries older resonances of corrupted lineage or hereditary moral failing—the idea that sin or criminality runs in families.
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- infectedInvaded by pathogens
- poisonedMade toxic intentionally
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
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