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venereal disease (vənēr`ēəl): see sexually transmitted disease sexually transmitted disease (STD) or venereal disease, term for infections acquired mainly through sexual contact. Five diseases were traditionally known as venereal diseases: gonorrhea, syphilis, and the less common granuloma inguinale,
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venereal disease

any of various diseases, such as syphilis or gonorrhoea, transmitted by sexual intercourse

venereal disease [və′nir·ē·əl di′zēz]

(medicine)

Any of several contagious diseases generally acquired during sexual intercourse; includes gonorrhea, syphilis, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, and lymphogranuloma venereum. Abbreviated VD.

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