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venereal

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Adj — Relating to sexual intercourse, especially diseases transmitted through it.

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venereal disease

Now largely replaced in modern medical and everyday usage by "sexually transmitted infection" (STI), though "venereal disease" is still understood.

Etymology

From Latin venereus ("of sexual love"), from Venus, the Roman goddess of love.

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