SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sexually transmitted disease mean? 

• SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE (noun)
  The noun SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

  Familiarity information: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse

Hypernyms ("sexually transmitted disease" is a kind of...):

contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sexually transmitted disease"):

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)

clap; gonorrhea; gonorrhoea (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; pox; syph; syphilis (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)

chlamydia (a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia)

 Context examples 

Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a herpes simplex virus (HSV).

(Genital Herpes, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Possible benefits include a lower risk of urinary tract infections, penile cancer and sexually transmitted diseases.

(Circumcision, NIH)

Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

(Genital Warts, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria.

(Chlamydia Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Causes include sexually transmitted diseases and bacterial infections.

(Cervicitis, NCI Thesaurus)

K. granulomatis is pathogenic and the causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease Donovanosis.

(Klebsiella granulomatis, NCI Thesaurus)

Gonorrhea and chlamydia, two sexually transmitted diseases, are the most common causes of PID.

(Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Cell samples may be taken for a Pap test, or to test for sexually transmitted diseases or other infections.

(Internal exam, NCI Dictionary)

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease.

(Gonorrhea, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Scientists have not been able to develop a vaccine against the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, despite working toward one for more than 100 years.

(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)