Meaning & use
venereal
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Relating to or contracted through sexual intercourse, especially referring to infection.
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The clinic specializes in treating venereal disease.
Doctors once used the term 'venereal' before 'sexually transmitted' became standard.
A note on using this word
The word derives from Latin 'venereus,' relating to Venus, the goddess of love; it has largely been replaced by 'sexually transmitted' in modern medical usage.
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sexually transmitted
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