venereal disease

noun

: a contagious disease (such as gonorrhea or syphilis) that is typically acquired in sexual intercourse compare std

Examples of venereal disease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was a large public relations poster effort throughout the country and on Army bases throughout Europe for preventing venereal disease because penicillin should go to wounded soldiers. —Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024

So venereal disease became a widespread and debilitating problem for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. —Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024

The board’s charge was to evaluate individuals for military service, a process that required testing for venereal diseases and mandatory treatment for those affected. —Caitjan Gainty, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024

Donald Ellis Wildmon was born on Jan. 18, 1938, in Dumas, Miss., the youngest of the five children of Ellis Wildmon, a venereal disease investigator for the state health department, and Bernice T. Wildmon, a schoolteacher. —Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

venereal disease

noun

: a contagious disease (as gonorrhea or syphilis) that is usually acquired through sexual intercourse with someone who already has it

Medical Definition

venereal disease

noun

: a contagious disease (as gonorrhea or syphilis) that is typically acquired in sexual intercourse

—abbreviation VD compare sexually transmitted disease