sexually transmitted disease

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ˌsexually transˌmitted disˈease noun [countable, uncountable]  MISY (abbreviation STD) a disease that one person passes to another through having sex, such as AIDS or herpes 性传播疾病

Examples from the Corpus

sexually transmitted disease• To what extent is vaginal candidiasis a sexually transmitted disease?• Recently I treated her for a sexually transmitted disease with metronidazole, which is known to cause foetal abnormalities in rats.• When she asked him if he had a sexually transmitted disease, he said no.

ˌsexually transˌmitted disˈease nounChineseSyllable  

person a one Corpus passes disease that

sexually transmitted disease
ˌsexually transˌmitted disˈease noun [uncountable and countable]
(abbreviation STD) a disease that one person passes to another through having sex, such as AIDS or herpes

sexually transmitted diseaseBrE /ˌsekʃuəli trænzˌmɪtɪd dɪˈziːz/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsekʃuəli trænzˌmɪtɪd dɪˈziːz/ 🔊BrE /ˌsekʃuəli trænsˌmɪtɪd dɪˈziːz/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsekʃuəli trænsˌmɪtɪd dɪˈziːz/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (abbreviation STD) any disease that is spread through sexual intercourse, such as syphilis 性传播疾病