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Venereal

Having to do with sexual contact. The word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love. A venereal disease (a morbus venereus) is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact.

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Relating to or resulting from sexual intercourse. [L. Venus (vener-), goddess of love]

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ve·ne·re·al və-'nir-ē-əl adj

1) of or relating to sexual pleasure or indulgence

2 a) resulting from or contracted during sexual intercourse <\venereal infections>

b) of, relating to, or affected with venereal disease <a high \venereal rate>

c) involving the genital organs <\venereal sarcoma>

ve·ne·re·al·ly -ē adv

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ve·ne·re·al (və-nērґe-əl) [L. venereus] pertaining or related to or transmitted by sexual contact; see sexually transmitted disease, under disease.

Medical dictionary. 2011.