nonvenereal

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ venereal.

Adjective

nonvenereal (not comparable)

1. Not venereal.
   • 2008 January 15, John Noble Wilford, “Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Leaders of the new study said the most telling results were that the bacterium causing sexually transmitted syphilis arose relatively recently in humans and was closely related to a strain responsible for the nonvenereal infection known as yaws.