sexually transmitted
Passed through intercourse
Sexually transmitted describes diseases or infections passed from person to person through sexual contact: sexually transmitted infections, sexually transmitted diseases.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in medical contexts.
Common shorthand: STI (sexually transmitted infection) or STD (sexually transmitted disease).
- condomsContraceptive barrier device
- safe sexPrecautionary intimate practices
- syphilisSpirochete-caused venereal infection
- gonorrheaSexually transmitted bacterial disease
- bodily fluidsLiquids produced by organisms
stigma · sore · hepatitis B · vaccination · trichomoniasis · antibiotics · chlamydia · public health campaigns · HPV · pubic lice · get tested · contact tracing · asymptomatic carrier · herpes · barrier methods · HIV/AIDS · rash · itch
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
sexually transmittedairborne
Traveling through air
waterborne · foodborne · vector-borne · fecal-oral · mosquito-borne
sexually transmittedcongenital
Existing from birth
inherited · hereditary · inborn · innate · spontaneous
sexual, sexually, sexed, sexing, sexier, sexiest, sexuality, sexualize, sexualized