venereal
adj.
pertaining to sexual intercourse; resulting from sexual intercourse; pertaining or associated with venereal disease; of or pertaining to the genitals
Sexually transmitted disease
A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is an illness caused by an infectious pathogen that has a significant probability of transmission between
humans or animals by means of
sexual contact, including
vaginal intercourse,
oral sex, and
anal sex. Increasingly, the term sexually transmitted infection (STI) is used, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease. Some STIs can also be transmitted via the needles used in
IV drug use, as well as through
childbirth or
breastfeeding. Sexually transmitted infections have been well-known for hundreds of years.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
venereal
Adjective
1. of or relating to the external sex organs; "genital herpes"; "venereal disease"
(synonym) genital
Venereal
(n.)
The venereal disease; syphilis.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse.
(a.)
Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus.
(a.)
Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.
(a.)
Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.
(a.)
Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Venereal
Having to do with sexual contact. The word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman godess of love. A venereal disease (a morbus venereus) is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact.