- venereal disease
- noun Date: 1658 a contagious disease (as gonorrhea or syphilis) that is typically acquired in sexual intercourse — compare std
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venereal disease — ► NOUN ▪ a disease contracted by sexual intercourse with a person already infected … English terms dictionary
venereal disease — UK [vəˈnɪərɪəl dɪˌziːz] / US [vəˈnɪrɪəl dɪˌzɪz] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms venereal disease : singular venereal disease plural venereal diseases old fashioned a disease that is spread when people have sex … English dictionary
venereal disease — noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact • Syn: ↑VD, ↑venereal infection, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid s itch, ↑Cupid s disease, ↑Venus s curse, ↑dose, ↑sexually transmitted … Useful english dictionary
Venereal disease — A disease that is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact, caused by microorganisms that survive on the skin or mucus membranes, or that are transmitted via semen, vaginal secretions, or blood during intercourse. Because the genital areas… … Medical dictionary
venereal disease — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, French disease, German measles, Haverhill fever, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery,… … Moby Thesaurus
venereal disease — [[t]vɪnɪ͟əriəl dɪzi͟ːz[/t]] venereal diseases N VAR Venereal disease is used to refer to diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhoea which are passed on by sexual intercourse. The abbreviation VD is also used … English dictionary
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test — The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test or VDRL was developed by the former Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, now the Treponemal Pathogenesis and Immunology Branch, of the United States Public Health Service. The VDRL type test was… … Wikipedia
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test — A blood test for syphilis. Venereal Disease Research Laboratory is commonly abbreviated VDRL. A negative ( nonreactive ) VDRL is compatible with a person not having syphilis. However, a person may a negative VDRL and still have syphilis since, in … Medical dictionary
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory — VDRL Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (ou VDRL) est un test biologique utile au diagnostic de la syphilis. Ce test détecte des anticorps dirigés contre des antigènes non tréponèmiques ce qui en fait donc un test non spécifique, contrairement… … Wikipédia en Français
venereal disease — ve|ne|re|al dis|ease [vıˈnıəriəl dıˌzi:z US ˈnır ] n [U and C] old fashioned [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: venereal (1400 1500) from Latin venereus, from venus; VENERATE] ↑VD … Dictionary of contemporary English
venereal disease — Pathol. See sexually transmitted disease. Abbr.: VD [1650 60] * * * any of a number of contagious diseases that are most commonly acquired in sexual intercourse. See sexually transmitted disease. * * * … Universalium
