nonvenereal

English

Etymology

non- +‎ venereal

Adjective

nonvenereal (not comparable)

  1. Not venereal.
    • 2008 January 15, John Noble Wilford, “Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis”, in New York Times‎:
      Leaders of the new study said the most telling results were that the bacterium causing sexually transmitted syphilis arose relatively recently in humans and was closely related to a strain responsible for the nonvenereal infection known as yaws.
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