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  • 61disease — noun Etymology: Middle English disese, from Anglo French desease, desaise, from des dis + eise ease Date: 14th century 1. obsolete trouble 2. a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning… …

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  • 62Social services in Himachal Pradesh — Over the last 40 years the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a lot of improvement in public health facilities.Fact|date=July 2008HospitalsIn 1989, there were around 899 public health institutions, including state hospital, twelve… …

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  • 63social pathology — An early form of deviance theory, no longer in wide use, which drew upon the organic metaphor to suggest that parts of societies, like parts of bodies, could suffer breakdown and disease. See also pathology …

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  • 64sexually transmitted disease — noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact • Syn: ↑venereal disease, ↑VD, ↑venereal infection, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid s itch, ↑Cupid s disease, ↑Venus s curse, ↑dose, ↑ …

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  • 65Sexually transmitted disease — Classification and external resources …

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  • 66contagious disease — noun any disease easily transmitted by contact • Syn: ↑contagion • Derivationally related forms: ↑contagious (for: ↑contagion) • Hypernyms: ↑communicable disease …

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  • 67venereal disease — noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact • Syn: ↑VD, ↑venereal infection, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid s itch, ↑Cupid s disease, ↑Venus s curse, ↑dose, ↑sexually transmitted …

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  • 68venereal disease — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, French disease, German measles, Haverhill fever, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery,… …

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  • 69Cupid's disease — noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact • Syn: ↑venereal disease, ↑VD, ↑venereal infection, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid s itch, ↑Venus s curse, ↑dose, ↑sexually transmitte …

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  • 70sexually transmitted disease — [n] STD acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS, chancroid, chlamydia, crab louse, crabs, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea, herpes, herpes simplex, HIV, scabies, SIDA, social disease, syphilis, tabes dorsalis, VD, venereal disease;… …

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