sexually transmitted disease

sexually transmitted disease
noun
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
• Syn:
• Hypernyms: ↑contagious disease, ↑contagion
• Hyponyms:

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noun
: any of various diseases or infections (as chlamydia, genital herpes, syphilis, and gonorrhea) that are usually transmitted by direct sexual contact and that include some (as hepatitis B and AIDS) that may be contracted by other than sexual means — called also STD

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any disease characteristically transmitted by sexual contact, as gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and chlamydia. Abbr.: STD Also called venereal disease.

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sexually transmitted disease or sexually transmitted infection noun
A venereal disease
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Main Entry: ↑sex

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sexually transmitted disease UK [ˌsekʃuəli trænsˌmɪtɪd dɪˈziːz] US [ˌsekʃuəli trænsˌmɪtɪd dɪˈziz] noun [countable/uncountable] [singular sexually transmitted disease plural sexually transmitted diseases] medical
any disease that you get from having sex with an infected person, for example aids or syphilis
Thesaurus: specific diseaseshyponym general words for illnesses, diseases and medical conditionssynonym

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sexually transmitted disease,
any one of various contagious diseases, such as syphilis or gonorrhea, that are mainly spread through sexual intercourse; social disease. Abbr: STD (no periods).

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noun, pl ⋯ -eases [count]
medical :

std

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ˌsexually transˌmitted diˈsease [sexually transmitted disease] noun countable, uncountable (abbr. STD)
any disease that is spread through ↑sexual intercourse, such as ↑syphilis

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