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venereal disease

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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


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Rochester, who died at 33 of a venereal disease that ate away his nose (he attended Parliament wearing a silver replacement), is not particularly likeable.
Laid up to recover from a toxic treatment for a venereal disease, McKay produced the previously unpublished Baudelaire-inflected cluster he titled "The Clinic" around 1923.
Venereal Disease Hospitals and the Urban Poor: London's "Foul Wards," 1600-1800.
 
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