Definition of venereal infection Venereal infection
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| venereal infection - a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact | ||
| venereal disease, VD, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD | ||
| contagious disease, contagion any disease easily transmitted by contact | ||
| genital herpes, herpes genitalis an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area | ||
| gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | ||
| granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region | ||
| lues, lues venerea, syph, syphilis, pox a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | ||
| lgv, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin | ||
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