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LGV
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin
Synonyms:
LGV; lymphogranuloma venereum; lymphopathia venereum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("LGV" is a kind of...):
Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)