venereal
venereal
Definition
ve·nereal (və nir′ē əl)
adjective
- having to do with sexual love or intercourse
- serving to arouse sexual desire; aphrodisiac
- transmitted only or chiefly by sexual intercourse with an infected individual syphilis and gonorrhea are venereal diseases
- infected with a venereal disease
- of or dealing with venereal disease
Etymology: ME venerealle < L venereus < venus, love: see Venus
venereal
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- disease: Men were accusing many women of trying to have sex with them who had venereal disease.
- syphilis: The theory that the King suffered from the venereal disease syphilis, was first put forward about a century after his death.
- tumor: Others are receiving chemotherapy for transmissible venereal tumors, which are sexually transmitted.
- wart: An injection of the tincture into venereal warts is said to cause them to disappear.
- case: A salaried doctor for the poor was appointed in 1805, midwifery and venereal cases being excluded from his duties.
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