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social disease

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noun

a venereal disease.

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Words related to social disease

STD, VD

Words nearby social disease

social democrat, social democratic and labour party, social democratic party, social democratic workingmen's party, social differentiation, social disease, social disorganization, social distance, social drinker, social dumping, social dynamics

Origin of social disease

First recorded in 1915–20
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Medicine definitions for social disease

social disease

n.

A sexually transmitted disease; a venereal disease.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.