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LGV

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does LGV mean? 

LGV (noun)
  The noun LGV has 1 sense:

1. infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groinplay

  Familiarity information: LGV used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LGV (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

LGV; lymphogranuloma venereum; lymphopathia venereum

Hypernyms ("LGV" is a kind of...):

Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)


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