STD

¹

abbreviation

1. sexually transmitted disease: any disease characteristically transmitted by sexual contact, as gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and chlamydia.

std.

²

abbreviation

1. standard.

S.T.D.

³

abbreviation

1. Doctor of Sacred Theology.

std

¹

abbreviation

1. standard

STD

²

abbreviation

1. subscriber trunk dialling

2. subscriber toll dialling

3. sexually transmitted disease

4. Doctor of Sacred Theology

STD

1. Abbreviation of sexually transmitted disease

STD

1. See sexually transmitted disease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of std¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Origin of std²

From New Latin Sacrae Theologiae Doctor

Example Sentences

Viral Hepatitis, S.T.D. and TB Prevention, said in an emailed statement.

From New York Times

“I have one simple question for the administration: Where is the money, the resources, the training that is needed at the nation’s S.T.D. clinics to respond to what is already an out-of-control outbreak?”

From New York Times

“Where I can walk two blocks to get an H.I.V. and S.T.D. test at a clinic that won’t judge me.”

From New York Times

The limited supply of Jynneos in the United States over the next few weeks may mean that people in big cities will be able to get the shots, while those in small rural counties will need to make do with ACAM2000 — or nothing, said Elizabeth Finley, director of communications for the National Coalition of S.T.D.

From New York Times

“The pandemic made S.T.I.s worse in America — for the first year, people all but stopped getting testing and treatment,” says David C. Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of S.T.D.

From New York Times

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