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venereal definition

ve·nereal (və nir′ē əl)

adjective

    1. having to do with sexual love or intercourse
    2. serving to arouse sexual desire; aphrodisiac
    1. transmitted only or chiefly by sexual intercourse with an infected individual syphilis and gonorrhea are venereal diseases
    2. infected with a venereal disease
    3. of or dealing with venereal disease

Etymology: ME venerealle < L venereus < venus, love: see Venus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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