venereal disease

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Illness & disabilityvenereal diseaseve‧ne‧re‧al dis‧ease /vəˈnɪəriəl dɪˌziːz $ -ˈnɪr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] old-fashioned SYMIVDExamples from the Corpusvenereal disease• Rumour has it that he contracted a venereal disease at some point and sought medical treatment.• Mr Miller was a venereal disease specialist with the State Health Department.• Precisely the same is true where a venereal disease is communicated or pregnancy ensues.• In 1942 and 1943 the rate of venereal disease in San Francisco rose by more than 75 percent.• These sections do not cover wilfully self-inflicted illness or venereal disease.• Unlike venereal disease, leprosy came to Western attention relatively late.Origin venereal disease (1600-1700) venereal ((1400-1500)) from Latin venereus, from venus; → VENERATE

单词	venereal disease
释义	venereal disease From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Illness & disabilityvenereal diseaseve‧ne‧re‧al dis‧ease /vəˈnɪəriəl dɪˌziːz $ -ˈnɪr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] old-fashioned SYMIVDExamples from the Corpusvenereal disease• Rumour has it that he contracted a venereal disease at some point and sought medical treatment.• Mr Miller was a venereal disease specialist with the State Health Department.• Precisely the same is true where a venereal disease is communicated or pregnancy ensues.• In 1942 and 1943 the rate of venereal disease in San Francisco rose by more than 75 percent.• These sections do not cover wilfully self-inflicted illness or venereal disease.• Unlike venereal disease, leprosy came to Western attention relatively late.Origin venereal disease (1600-1700) venereal ((1400-1500)) from Latin venereus, from venus; → VENERATE
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