Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
venereal disease
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ By 1980, venereal disease was widespread-and four out of every five of the patients were homosexual men.
▪ In 1942 and 1943 the rate of venereal disease in San Francisco rose by more than 75 percent.
▪ Mr Miller was a venereal disease specialist with the State Health Department.
▪ Precisely the same is true where a venereal disease is communicated or pregnancy ensues.
▪ Rumour has it that he contracted a venereal disease at some point and sought medical treatment.
▪ These sections do not cover wilfully self-inflicted illness or venereal disease.
▪ Unlike venereal disease, leprosy came to Western attention relatively late.
Wiktionary
venereal disease
n. (context disease English) Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, contracted through sexual intercourse.
WordNet
venereal disease
n. a communicable disease transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact [syn: VD, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, sexually transmitted disease]