nonvenereal

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adjective

Not venereal.

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Meanings

adjectivenonvenereal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot venereal.

    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.

    2008 January 15, John Noble Wilford, “Genetic Study Bolsters Columbus Link to Syphilis”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + venereal.

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APA

nonvenereal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvenereal

MLA

“nonvenereal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvenereal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonvenereal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvenereal.

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