venereal disease
Origin of venereal disease
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How to use venereal disease in a sentence
Conservatives on Twitter howl derisively at these polls as if their purveyors are offering alchemical cures for venereal disease.
Michael Tomasky on the Coming Post-Election GOP Freak Out | Michael Tomasky | November 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt lists Mike's grandfather, "Dr. D. N. Peschkowsky," as a specialist in venereal disease.
Or maybe it is a case of venereal disease, in a young man who was drafted into the army and turned loose amid the joys of Paris.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairThere was a case reported in Germany of 236 children who contracted venereal disease from swimming in a public bath.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairWhat avails it if we allow venereal disease to spread, so that a large percentage of the babies are deformed and miserable?
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclair
The first writer to systematically consider venereal disease was Astruc, who was born in Languedoc in 1684 and died in 1766.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkIn Michigan, also, marriage is forbidden to anyone who has suffered from a venereal disease and has not been cured.
British Dictionary definitions for venereal disease
any of various diseases, such as syphilis or gonorrhoea, transmitted by sexual intercourse: Abbreviation: VD
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Scientific definitions for venereal disease
[ və-nîr′ē-əl ]
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