Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sexually transmitted disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: sex-u-al-ly -trans-mit-ted dis-ease
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact, with or without symptoms.

Example Sentences

"SHEPARD: Have you got a minute to talk? MORDIN: Perhaps later. Trying to determine how scale itch got onto Normandy. Sexually transmitted disease only carried by varren. Implications unpleasant."

Inflected Forms

sexually transmitted diseases (plural)

Phrases

genital herpes safe sex safer sex venereal disease

Frequently Paired Words

AIDS chancroid chlamydia donovanosis genital herpes gonorrhea syphilis safe sex

Synonyms

STI sexually transmitted infection VD venereal disease gift that keeps on giving venereal infection social disease cupid's itch cupid's disease venus's curse dose std

Questions

What does sexually transmitted disease mean?: Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact, with or without symptoms.

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