STI

plural STIs

1. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of sexually transmitted infection.

   This, of course, is something only people with that STI would know. For example, herpes is 437737.

   2017 June 24, Arti Patel, “Dating with an STI: 7 ways to navigate the (often harsh) dating world”, in Global News

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   For example, in the US army during the 21 months of the war that they were involved in, 6·8 million man days were lost due to STIs, and more than 10% of all disease admissions were for STIs.

   2014 November 8, Prof G Dennis Shanks, MD, “How World War 1 changed global attitudes to war and infectious diseases”, in The Lancet, volume 384, number 9955, →DOI, page 1703b of 1699–1707

   Although both acute PID and STIs may remain asymptomatic, some of their shared long-term sequelae are tubal factor infertility (TFI), salpingitis, and adhesions and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding peritoneal tissue. These sequelae have been further identified as factors potentially associated with EOC risk.

   2023 December 11, Elizaveta Skarga, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Rudolf Kaaks, Tim Waterboer, Renée T Fortner, “Sexually Transmitted Infections and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Results From the Finnish Maternity Cohort”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 228, number 11, →DOI, pages 1621–1629

   Synonyms: STD, sexually transmitted disease, VD, venereal disease

1. PhilippinesabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of STI College.