ve|ne´re|al|ly

ve|ne|re|al «vuh NIHR ee uhl», adjective.

1. of or having to do with sexual desire or intercourse: »

venereal emotions and appetites.

2. transmitted by sexual intercourse: »

a venereal infection.

3. having to do with diseases transmitted by sexual intercourse: »

venereal bacteria.

4. infected with syphilis, gonorrhea, or other venereal disease: »

venereal patients.

5. used in the treatment of venereal disease: »

a venereal medicine.

╂[< Latin venereus (< Venus, -eris Venus; originally, love) + English -al¹]

–ve|ne´re|al|ly, adverb.