VD
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7.4
- noun
- /viː diː/
- NSFW
:
enfermedad venérea
- Trip's Health Class - Day: Trip dozes at his desk as an out-of-date film about VD sputters on.
- VD levels
- get VD
- VD and AIDS
Examples
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Dr. Hepburn committed his life after that to preventing VD, despite the controversy it caused.
Blog text (15) -
We give them films about VD, about HIV, but we don't mention this danger at all.
Fiction book (1995) -
Tell her to meet me at VD Control tomorrow at noon.
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Mary, fighting VD isn't a joke.
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Your run-of-the-mill VD is curable.
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Our present difficulties, she elaborated, trace to the VD screening we received on Wednesday.
Fiction book (2001) -
Anyone who has had contact with the gift shop candy-striper Jyll Omato... please report to the VD clinic.
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Many teenagers are educated about VD to ensure they understand the risks of sexually transmitted infections.
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After experiencing symptoms, she decided to get tested for VD to confirm her health status.
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Public health campaigns often focus on preventing VD among young adults and promoting safe practices.
Synonyms
49
3.7
An infection you get through sexual contact
29
2.7
An illness you can get from someone when you have sex
12
9.9
An infection you catch from sexual contact
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3.7
A disease spread by sexual contact
1
4.6
An illness that spreads through sexual contact, like syphilis or gonorrhea
1
5.8
A disease people get through sex
An infection you catch from another person during sex
Surface Forms
Morphology
VD = V + D
The entry is an initialism of two words ('venereal disease'); the letter components do not transparently convey the meaning to learners who do not already know the abbreviation.
Etymology
VD is short for venereal disease, and the word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of 'love'. So VD refers to infections that are spread by sexual contact.