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sexually transmitted disease Meaning of "sexually transmitted disease"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Synonym(s)

cupid's itch, dose, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease

Usage(s):

  1. HPV is an increasingly common sexually transmitted disease and one that scientists say is linked to 70% of all cases of cervical cancer.
  2. Young people have much higher rates of sexually transmitted disease than adults.
  3. Now when you go out and have promiscuous, unprotected intercourse with strangers, at least there is one less sexually transmitted disease to worry about.
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