All social disease synonyms
so·cial dis·ease
S s noun social disease
- crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- gonorrhoea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
- hiv — a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- herpes — any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes. Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- herpes simplex — either of two herpes diseases caused by a herpesvirus that infects humans and some other animals and produces small, transient blisters on the skin or mucous membranes, one type of virus (herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1) usually associated with oral herpes but also causing genital herpes and the other (herpes simplex virus type 2, or HSV-2) usually causing genital herpes.
- gonorrhea — a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.