LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

LGV; lymphogranuloma venereum; lymphopathia venereum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lymphogranuloma venereum" is a kind of...):

Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)

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