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   venereal
         adj 1: of or relating to the external sex organs; "genital
                  herpes"; "venereal disease" [syn: {genital}, {venereal}]

English Dictionary: venereal disease by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venereal disease
n
  1. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
    Synonym(s): venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venereal infection
n
  1. a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
    Synonym(s): venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
venereal wart
n
  1. a small benign wart on or around the genitals and anus
    Synonym(s): genital wart, venereal wart, condyloma acuminatum, verruca acuminata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vienna roll
n
  1. yeast-raised roll with a hard crust [syn: hard roll, Vienna roll]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Venereal \Ve*ne"re*al\, n. (Med.)
      The venereal disease; syphilis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Venereal \Ve*ne"re*al\, a. [L. venereus, venerius, fr. Venus,
      Veneris, Venus, the goddess of love. See {Venerate}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to
            sexual intercourse.
  
                     Into the snare I fell Of fair, fallacious looks,
                     venereal trains, Softened with pleasure and
                     voluptuous life.                                 --Milton.
  
      2. (Med.)
            (a) Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal
                  disease; venereal virus or poison.
            (b) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal
                  medicines.
  
      3. Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
  
      4. Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called
            by chemists Venus. [Obs.] --Boyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wart \Wart\, n. [OE. werte, AS. wearte; akin to D. wrat, G.
      warze, OHG. warza, Icel. varta, Sw. v[86]rta, Dan. vorte;
      perh. orig., a growth, and akin to E. wort; or cf. L. verruca
      wart.]
      1. (Med.) A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by
            enlargement of its vascular papill[91], and thickening of
            the epidermis which covers them.
  
      2. An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a
            true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or
            hardened protuberance on plants.
  
      {Fig wart}, {Moist wart} (Med.), a soft, bright red, pointed
            or tufted tumor found about the genitals, often massed
            into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma.
            Called also {pointed wart}, {venereal wart}. --L. A.
            Duhring.
  
      {Wart cress} (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under {Swine}.
  
      {Wart snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East
            Indian colubrine snakes of the genus {Acrochordus}, having
            the body covered with wartlike tubercles or spinose
            scales, and lacking cephalic plates and ventral scutes.
  
      {Wart spurge} (Bot.), a kind of wartwort ({Euphorbia
            Helioscopia}).
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