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nonvenereal

nonvenereal adjective: not venereal.

Adjective

nonvenereal (not comparable)

  1. Not 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 of nonvenereal

From non- + venereal.

Questions about nonvenereal

What does nonvenereal mean?
Nonvenereal means not venereal.
What part of speech is nonvenereal?
Nonvenereal is an adjective.

Words near nonvenereal in the dictionary

  1. nonvelarized
  2. nonvenal
  3. nonvendible
  4. nonvendor
  5. nonvendors
  6. nonvenereal
  7. nonvenomous
  8. nonvenous
  9. nonventable
  10. nonvented
  11. nonventilated

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