VD

abbr. venereal disease.

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noun

a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

• Syn:

↑venereal disease, ↑venereal infection, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid's itch, ↑Cupid's disease, ↑Venus's curse, ↑dose, ↑sexually transmitted disease, ↑STD

• Hypernyms: ↑contagious disease, ↑contagion

• Hyponyms:

↑genital herpes, ↑herpes genitalis, ↑gonorrhea, ↑gonorrhoea, ↑clap, ↑granuloma inguinale, ↑granuloma venereum, ↑syphilis, ↑syph, ↑pox, ↑lues venerea, ↑lues, ↑lymphogranuloma venereum, ↑LGV, ↑lymphopathia venereum, ↑chlamydia

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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ abbreviation or noun (-s)

Usage: sometimes not capitalized

venereal disease

II. abbreviation

1. vapor density

2. various dates

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venereal disease.

Also, V.D.

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abbrev

Venereal disease

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VD UK [ˌviː ˈdiː] US [ˌvi ˈdi] noun [uncountable] old-fashioned

venereal disease

Thesaurus: specific diseases_hyponym general words for illnesses, diseases and medical conditions_synonym

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v.d.,

various dates.

VD (no periods) or V.D.,

venereal disease.

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abbr. venereal disease

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abbr

venereal disease

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VD [VD] [ˌviː ˈdiː] [ˌviː ˈdiː] abbreviation

↑venereal disease