venereal disease

venereal disease

English

Noun

venereal disease (plural venereal diseases) (abbreviated as VD)

1. (medicine) Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, contracted through sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• sexually transmitted disease
• sexually transmitted infection

Translations

disease contracted through sexual contact — see sexually transmitted disease

contagious disease spread through sexual intercourse

Burmese: ကာလသားရောဂါ (my) (kala.sa:rau:ga), လူပျိုနာ (my) (lu-pyuina) Chinese: Mandarin: 花柳病 (zh) (huāliǔbìng), 性病 (zh) (xìngbìng) Dutch: geslachtsziekte (nl) f Esperanto: venerea malsano Finnish: sukupuolitauti (fi) French: maladie vénérienne (fr) f German: Geschlechtskrankheit (de) f Greek: αφροδίσιο νόσημα (el) n (afrodísio nósima) Icelandic: kynsjúkdómur (is) m, samræðissjúkdómur m Irish: galar véinéireach m Italian: malattia venerea f Japanese: 花柳病 (かりゅうびょう, karyūbyō), 性病 (せいびょう, seibyō) Korean: 화류병 (hwaryubyeong) (花柳病 (ko)), 성병 (seongbyeong) (性病) Lithuanian: venerinė liga f

Maori: pakiwhara, paipai Navajo: aaʼadiniih Norman: sale maladie f (Jersey) Polish: choroba weneryczna f Portuguese: doença venérea (pt) f Russian: венери́ческое заболева́ние n (veneríčeskoje zabolevánije), венери́ческая боле́знь (ru) f (veneríčeskaja boléznʹ) Scottish Gaelic: galar-drùisealachd m Spanish: enfermedad venérea f Swedish: sexuellt överförbar sjukdom c, venerisk sjukdom (sv) c, könssjukdom (sv) c Telugu: సుఖవ్యాధి (sukhavyādhi), సుఖరోగము (te) (sukharōgamu) Thai: กามโรค (th) (gaam-má-rôok) Turkish: zührevi hastalık (tr) Vietnamese: bệnh hoa liễu (病花柳)

See also

• AIDS