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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 groin
Familiarity information: LGV used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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