venereal disease
noun
: a contagious disease (such as gonorrhea or syphilis) that is typically acquired in sexual intercourse compare std
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There was a large public relations poster effort throughout the country and on Army bases throughout Europe for preventing venereal disease because penicillin should go to wounded soldiers.
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
So venereal disease became a widespread and debilitating problem for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The board’s charge was to evaluate individuals for military service, a process that required testing for venereal diseases and mandatory treatment for those affected.
—Caitjan Gainty, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
Donald Ellis Wildmon was born on Jan. 18, 1938, in Dumas, Miss., the youngest of the five children of Ellis Wildmon, a venereal disease investigator for the state health department, and Bernice T. Wildmon, a schoolteacher.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
So venereal disease became a widespread and debilitating problem for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The board’s charge was to evaluate individuals for military service, a process that required testing for venereal diseases and mandatory treatment for those affected.
—Caitjan Gainty, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
Donald Ellis Wildmon was born on Jan. 18, 1938, in Dumas, Miss., the youngest of the five children of Ellis Wildmon, a venereal disease investigator for the state health department, and Bernice T. Wildmon, a schoolteacher.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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“Venereal disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/venereal%20disease. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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