venereal
Americanadjective
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arising from, connected with, or transmitted through sexual intercourse, as an infection.
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pertaining to conditions so arising.
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infected with or suffering from a sexually transmitted disease.
a venereal patient.
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adapted to the cure of such disease.
a venereal remedy.
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of or relating to sexual desire or intercourse.
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serving or tending to excite sexual desire; aphrodisiac.
adjective
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of, relating to, or infected with venereal disease
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(of a disease) transmitted by sexual intercourse
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of, relating to, or involving the genitals
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of or relating to sexual intercourse or erotic desire; aphrodisiac
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of venereal
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin venere ( us ) of sexual love ( vener-, stem of venus sexual charm ( see Venus) + -eus adj. suffix) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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While syphilis as a venereal disease presents a global health risk, bejel, which is spread by skin contact, only occurs today in very arid regions of Africa and Asia.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024
“I gave you my heart,” Becky G charges as the song begins, but she has definitely taken it back, changing her phone number and comparing the ex to a rat and a venereal disease.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023
He is chief of the venereal disease branch of the PHS’s Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and is now in charge of what remains of the Tuskegee Study.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022
Domestic dogs make up another species that has low genetic diversity and is susceptible to transmissible cancer—specifically, canine transmissible venereal tumors.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2021
Traders and procurers from up and down the coast converged on Charleston, checking the merchandises eyes and joints and spines, wary of venereal distemper and other afflictions.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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