social disease

/ˌsoʊʃəl dəˌziz/

Other forms: social diseases

Definitions of social disease

1. noun

   a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
   synonyms: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, STD, VD, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, venereal disease, venereal infection

   types:

   genital herpes, herpes genitalis

   an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area

   clap, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea

   a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

   granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum

   a venereal disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Calymmatobacterium; characterized by a pimply rash of the skin in the genital and groin region

   lues, lues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis

   a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

   LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum

   infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin

   chlamydia

   a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia

   primary syphilis

   the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection

   secondary syphilis

   the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane

   tertiary syphilis

   the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver

   neurosyphilis

   syphilis of the central nervous system

   type of:

   contagion, contagious disease

   any disease easily transmitted by contact