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
- nonvenereal adjective
- postvenereal adjective
- unvenereal adjective
Etymology
Origin of venereal
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin venere ( us ) of sexual love ( vener-, stem of venus sexual charm ( 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
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
In 1926, the federal government eliminated federal aid to the states to prevent venereal disease, while state appropriations for this purpose declined.
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022
Unlike the pilfering Bellow, Hemingway and Sebald evoked by Barliant, Mann showed a gift for unsolicited largess — endowing his fellow expatriate Arnold Schoenberg with a fictional venereal disease.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 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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