venereal+disease
21venereal disease — /vəˈnɪəriəl dəziz/ (say vuh nearreeuhl duhzeez) noun any of those diseases which are transmitted by sexual intercourse with an infected person, especially syphilis and gonorrhoea …
22venereal disease — Ma i ino (general name), ma i hilo, hilo, ma i wili, ako, kulu, waikī, palaki o; kohe ako (females), ule hilo (males). Rare: kū oha, haha ianana, ōpikopiko. See āhui hala2, gonorrhea, syphilis, tumor …
23venereal disease — /vaniriyal daziyz/ One of several diseases identified with sexual intercourse. Collective term for gonorrhea, chancroid, and syphilis …
24Test, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory — 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 …
25venereal — [və nir′ē əl] adj. [ME venerealle < L venereus < venus, love: see VENUS] 1. a) having to do with sexual love or intercourse b) serving to arouse sexual desire; aphrodisiac 2. a) transmitted only or chiefly by sexual intercourse with an… …
26Venereal — Ve*ne re*al, a. [L. venereus, venerius, fr. Venus, Veneris, Venus, the goddess of love. See {Venerate}.] 1. Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse. [1913 Webster] Into the snare I fell Of fair, fallacious looks …
27Venereal — Ve*ne re*al, n. (Med.) The venereal disease; syphilis. [1913 Webster] …
28venereal — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to venereal disease. 2) formal relating to sexual desire or sexual intercourse. ORIGIN from Latin venereus, from venus sexual love …
29Venereal — Venus, the Roman goddess of love (identified with the Greek Aphrodite), loaned her name to two words of dissimilar meanings: venerable, with its sense of respect because of old age or associated dignity, and venereal, pertaining to sexual love …
30Venereal — Having to do with sexual contact. The word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love. A venereal disease (a morbus venereus) is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact. * * * Relating to or resulting from sexual intercourse. [L.… …
