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Venereal - What does it mean?

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venereal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • sexually transmitted.
  • of or relating to sexual intercourse, lust, or the genitals.
  • * Milton
    • Into the snare I fell / Of fair, fallacious looks, venereal trains, / Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life.
  • Exciting sexual desire; aphrodisiac.
  • Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases.
    • a venereal medicine
  • (obsolete) of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

    • Derived terms

    * dermatovenereal * venereal disease * venereally * venerology

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