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lues venerea

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  • noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

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hypernyms (10)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. STD
  2. VD
  3. cupid's disease
  4. cupid's itch
  5. dose
  6. sexually transmitted disease
  7. social disease
  8. venereal disease
  9. venereal infection
  10. venus's curse

hyponyms (4)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. neurosyphilis
  2. primary syphilis
  3. secondary syphilis
  4. tertiary syphilis

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