venereal disease

Noun
  1. A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact (synset 114156641)
    is a type of: contagion, contagious disease - any disease easily transmitted by contact
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal infection, venus's curse

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