Which Is Another Name for Venereal Disease?

An STD may also be called a sexually transmitted infection (STI) or venereal disease (VD).

What is another word for a venereal disease?

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), or sexually transmitted infections (STIs), are infections that are passed from one person to another through sexual contact.

What was previously called a venereal disease?

Building an Agency: Venereal Disease Control

Venereal disease, or VD, is the older term for what now is referred to as sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs. While CDC currently studies many STDs, during the 1950s and 1960s the primary focus was on syphilis and gonorrhea.