sexually transmitted disease

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sexually transmitted disease

noun sexually transmitted diseases

Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact, with or without symptoms. SHEPARD: Have you got a minute to talk? MORDIN: Perhaps later. Trying to determine how scale itch got onto Normandy. Sexually transmitted disease only carried by varren. Implications unpleasant.
Similar: STI, sexually transmitted infection, VD, venereal disease, gift that keeps on giving

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noun disease contracted through sexual contact — see also venereal disease, STD

Español	infección de transmisión sexual, enfermedad de transmisión sexual
한국어	성병 seongbyeong, 화류병 hwaryubyeong
日本語	性感染症 seikansenshō, STD esu-tī-dī, 性行為感染症 seikōi-kansenshō, 性病 seibyō, 花柳病 karyūbyō
中文	性病 xìngbìng, 花柳病 huāliǔbíng
हिन्दी	रतिरोग ratirog
Kiswahili	maradhi ya zinaa
Português	doença sexualmente transmitida, doença venérea
Français	maladie sexuellement transmissible, maladie vénérienne
Deutsch	Geschlechtskrankheit, sexuell übertragbare Krankheit
Italiano	malattia sessualmente trasmissibile, malattia venerea
Ελληνικά	σεξουαλικά μεταδιδόμενο νόσημα sexoualiká metadidómeno nósima, αφροδίσιο νόσημα afrodísio nósima
Română	boală transmisă sexual, boală contractată sexual
Русский	заболева́ние, передаю́щееся половы́м путём zabolevánije, peredajúščejesja polovým putjóm, венерическая боле́знь veneričeskaja boléznʹ, венери́ческое заболева́ние veneríčeskoje zabolevánije
Tiếng Việt	bệnh lây truyền qua đường tình dục, bệnh hoa liễu, nhiễm trùng lây qua đường tình dục
العربية	دَاء مَنْقُول جِنْسِيًّا dāʔ manqūl jinsiyyan
עברית	מַחֲלַת מִין maẖlát min

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@misc{sexually_transmitted_disease_2026,
  title = {sexually transmitted disease},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sexually%20transmitted%20disease},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}