venereal

Example Sentences

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While syphilis as a venereal disease presents a global health risk, bejel, which is spread by skin contact, only occurs today in very arid regions of Africa and Asia.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

He is chief of the venereal disease branch of the PHS’s Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and is now in charge of what remains of the Tuskegee Study.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022

Domestic dogs make up another species that has low genetic diversity and is susceptible to transmissible cancer—specifically, canine transmissible venereal tumors.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2021

However, the judge ruled that physicians could legally prescribe contraception for general health reasons, if not exclusively for venereal disease.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2015

Traders and procurers from up and down the coast converged on Charleston, checking the merchandises eyes and joints and spines, wary of venereal distemper and other afflictions.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead