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View synonyms for STD

STD

1

abbreviation for

  1. sexually transmitted disease: any disease characteristically transmitted by sexual contact, as gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and chlamydia. Compare STI ( def ).

std.

2

abbreviation for

  1. standard.

S.T.D.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Doctor of Sacred Theology.

std

1

abbreviation for

  1. standard

STD

2

abbreviation for

  1. subscriber trunk dialling
  2. subscriber toll dialling
  3. sexually transmitted disease
  4. Doctor of Sacred Theology

STD

  1. Abbreviation of sexually transmitted disease

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Word History and Origins

Origin of STD1

First recorded in 1970–75

Origin of STD2

From New Latin Sacrae Theologiae Doctor

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