venereal
adjective/vəˈnɪəriəl/
/vəˈnɪriəl/
[only before noun]- relating to diseases spread by sexual contact
- a venereal infection
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVenereal is used with these nouns:- disease
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin venereus (from venus, vener- ‘sexual love’) + -al.
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