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Noun: social disease  'sow-shul di'zeez
  1. A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
    - venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD

Derived forms: social diseases

Type of: contagion, contagious disease

Encyclopedia: Social disease