venereal disease
venereal disease · venereal diseases
Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia,…Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, usually contracted through sexual activity (sometimes by sexual abuse).
» Tom's bladder burst due to untreated venereal disease.
Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, dated, historical, uncountable)Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, usually contracted through sexual activity (sometimes by sexual abuse).
More definitions
- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
Examples
2 sentencesTom's bladder burst due to untreated venereal disease.
I'm afraid I've contracted a venereal disease.
deIch fürchte, ich habe mir eine Geschlechtskrankheit zugezogen. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
2 languagesForms
plural: venereal diseases| Singular | venereal disease |
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Synonyms
11 synonymsClose in meaning
- a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact:VDvenereal infectionsocial diseaseCupid-ap-s itchCupid-ap-s diseaseVenus-ap-s cursedosesexually transmitted disease
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable