English noun: STD |
1. | STD (state) a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact |
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| Synonyms | Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse |
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| Broader (hypernym) | contagion, contagious disease |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chlamydia, clap, genital herpes, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, herpes genitalis, LGV, lues, lues venerea, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum, pox, syph, syphilis |
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2. | STD (communication) a doctor's degree in theology |
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| Samples | STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor.
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| Synonyms | Doctor of Sacred Theology |
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| Broader (hypernym) | doctor's degree, doctorate |
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