sexually transmitted disease

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sexually transmitted disease (plural sexually transmitted diseases)

  1. (pathology) Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact.
    Synonyms: STD, (slang) gift that keeps on giving
    • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
      SHEPARD: Have you got a minute to talk?
      MORDIN: Perhaps later. Trying to determine how scale itch got onto Normandy. Sexually transmitted disease only carried by varren. Implications unpleasant.

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