venereal disease
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- noun
- /vəˈnɪr.i.əl dɪˈziːz/
- NSFW
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enfermedad venérea
- The doctor explained that venereal disease can be prevented by practicing safe sex.
- prostitution and venereal disease
- soldiers with venereal disease
- control venereal disease
Paradoxically, though, the spread of venereal disease proved the reality was somewhat different.
- Paradoxically, though, the spread of venereal disease proved the reality was somewhat different.
- But the war also brings changes in the area of sex, which brings us back to venereal disease.
- give people advice on venereal disease or gay people, the gay population or, or
- Like if you have knowledge about why a venereal disease is spreading, it may require that people tell you that they're having sex with animals.
Examples
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Near the door was a sign detailing venereal disease symptoms in eleven languages.
Fiction book (1994) -
One disease of high import was syphilis, a venereal disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
Blog text (34) -
From what I heard, you died of a venereal disease.
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Are you by any chance suffering from venereal disease?
Academic text (2007) -
There are several types of venereal disease and each requires special medication.
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If the problem is venereal disease, you may be setting yourself up for permanent physical damage, like insanity.
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The facts of venereal disease were explained honestly and dispassionately.
Academic text (1995) -
If a man contracts a venereal disease and fails to report it immediately, he is subject to court-martial.
Fiction book (1990) -
Medical authorities state that, of the type of teenage girls applying at public health stations for aid, the percentage that is infected with venereal disease is always very high.
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I'm Sally Cummings from the L.A. Health Department... and I've been sent here by the city to warn everyone on your socioeconomic level... about an epidemic of a new kind of venereal disease.
Synonyms
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An infection you get through sexual contact
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An illness you can get from someone when you have sex
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9.9
An infection you catch from sexual contact
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7.4
A contagious infection spread by sexual contact
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An illness that spreads through sexual contact, like syphilis or gonorrhea
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A disease people get through sex
An infection you catch from another person during sex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'venereal' (relating to sexual intercourse or sexually transmitted infections) combined with 'disease' (a health condition) yields a directly compositional meaning: a disease transmitted through sexual contact. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common combination (e.g., Spanish 'enfermedad venérea'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Venereal disease comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love. The word venereal once meant 'connected to love or sex', so the phrase now means a disease you get through sexual contact.