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sexually transmitted disease
noun
any disease characteristically transmitted by sexual contact, as gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and chlamydia. STD
sexually transmitted disease
Any of various infectious diseases, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, that are transmitted through sexual intercourse or other intimate sexual contact.
Also called venereal disease
Example Sentences
Scientists at the U.S. labs that track sexually transmitted diseases, such as drug-resistant gonorrhea and viral hepatitis, were laid off.
Information on HIV and sexually transmitted diseases disappeared.
This is what made her decide to write about sexually transmitted diseases in the upcoming series in January.
She provided a doctor with blood samples and was swabbed for sexually transmitted diseases.
It was a recurring theme in our investigation that Fayed was obsessed with finding out whether the women he intended to abuse had any sexually transmitted diseases.
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