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Definition of venereal disease noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

venereal disease

noun

/vəˈnɪəriəl dɪziːz/

/vəˈnɪriəl dɪziːz/

[countable, uncountable]

(abbreviation VD)

(old-fashioned)

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a disease that is caught by having sex with a person who already has the disease synonym STI

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