What does "venereal" mean?

Venereal: (Med.) (a) Arising from sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison. (b) Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.
  2. 3.Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus. [Obs.] Boyle.
  3. 4.The venereal disease; syphilis.

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