| venereal disease | | |
| n. (state) | 1. cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, venus's curse | a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact. |
| ~ contagion, contagious disease | any disease easily transmitted by contact. |
| ~ genital herpes, 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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