venereal

(və-nîr'ē-əl)
adj.

1. 1. Transmitted by sexual intercourse.
   2. Of or relating to a sexually transmitted disease.
2. Of or relating to sexual intercourse.
3. Of or relating to the genitals.

[Middle English venerealle, from Latin venereus, from venus, vener-, desire, love.]

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Due to or propagated by sexual intercourse. In human medicine now called sexually transmitted disease (STD).

• v. balanoposthitis and vulvitis — of sheep, see ulcerative dermatosis.
• canine transmissible v. tumor (TVT) — occurs mainly on the genitalia, but sometimes other cutaneous sites, of dogs and bitches. The tumor, which is most common in certain geographic areas, especially where dogs roam freely, is transmitted by coitus and may regress spontaneously. The tumor cells contain only 59 chromosomes, compared with the normal complement of 78 in dogs. Called by a variety of names including Sticker's tumor or sarcoma, contagious venereal tumor, venereal granuloma, transmissible lymphosarcoma, transmissible reticulum cell tumor, and infectious sarcoma.

  Canine transmissible venereal tumor on the penis. By permission from Kummel BA, Color Atlas of Small Animal Dermatology, Mosby, 1989

• v. disease — a contagious disease usually acquired by sexual intercourse or other genital contact. See also ulcerative dermatosis.
• v. epididymitis and vaginitis — of cattle, see epivag.
• v. spirochetosis — see spirochetosis (2).
• v. vulvitis/balanitis — of horses, see equine coital exanthema.

See words rhyming with "venereal."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Venereal.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - køns-

idioms:

• venereal disease    kønssygdom

Nederlands (Dutch)
geslachts-, betreffende seksueel genot

Français (French)
adj. - vénérien

idioms:

• venereal disease    maladie vénérienne

Deutsch (German)
adj. - venerisch

idioms:

• venereal disease    Geschlechtskrankheit, venerische Krankheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ιατρ.) αφροδίσιος

idioms:

• venereal disease    (παθολ.) αφροδίσιο νόσημα

Italiano (Italian)
venereo

idioms:

• venereal disease    malattia venerea

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - venéreo

idioms:

• venereal disease    doença venérea (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
венерический, сладострастный

idioms:

• venereal disease    венерическая болезнь

Español (Spanish)
adj. - venéreo

idioms:

• venereal disease    enfermedad venérea

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - venerisk, köns-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
性交的, 性病的

idioms:

• venereal disease    性病

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 性交的, 性病的

idioms:

• venereal disease    性病

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성병의, 성욕을 자극하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 性交による, 性病の

idioms:

• venereal disease    性病

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تناسلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מיני, של יחסי-מין‬

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