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Meaning of SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a communicable disease transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
 
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 Synonyms: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, social disease, VD, venereal disease, Venus's curse
 
 See Also: clap, contagion, contagious disease, genital herpes, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, herpes genitalis, pox, syph, syphilis

 

 

Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: infection spread through sexual intercourse and other intimate sexual contact.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. A disease, such as genital herpes, gonorrhea, or chlamydia, whose usual means of transmission is by sexual contact.
  2. A disease that is transmitted during sexual intercourse (anal, oral, or vaginal). Such diseases include:
 

 

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