venereal disease
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venereal disease
n. Abbr. VD
A sexually transmitted disease.
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venereal disease
n
(Pathology) any of various diseases, such as syphilis or gonorrhoea, transmitted by sexual intercourse. Abbreviation: VD
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sex′ually transmit′ted disease′
n.
any disease characteristically transmitted by sexual contact, as gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and chlamydia. Abbr.: STD Also called venereal disease.
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Noun | 1. | venereal disease - a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal infection, Venus's curse, Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, dose contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact herpes genitalis - an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap - a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum - a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis - a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum - infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin chlamydia - a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia |
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Translations
花柳病
venerinė liga
choroba weneryczna
venereal disease
n → Geschlechtskrankheit f, → venerische Krankheit (spec)
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venereal disease
n → malattia venereaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995