Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation sexually transmitted disease

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  • initialism São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
  • abbreviation Standard, usually Std or std.
  • initialism telephony Subscriber trunk dialing, subscriber trunk dialling; subscriber toll dialing, subscriber toll dialling
  • initialism pathology sexually transmitted disease
  • initialism Short-Term Disability

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  • noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
  • noun a doctor's degree in theology

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Examples

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  • During the process of researching my book, Offbeat Bride: Taffeta-Free Alternatives for Independent Brides I spoke with more than 50 brides about topics ranging from the humor of the term "STD cards" ...

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  • Not knowing wether or not you have contracted a STD is a catastrophic thing.

    Balkinization 2004

  • Not knowing wether or not you have contracted a STD is a catastrophic thing.

    Balkinization 2004

  • Criminalization of sex workers makes them MORE vulnerable to labor abuses, workplace violence and MORE vulnerable to making compromises in STD/violence prevention.

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  • Clearly, the college wants the parents who send their kids there to feel assured that the likelihood that their daughter will come home pregnant or with an STD is very low.

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  • Featuring some vicious assessments and enlightening insights, not to mention a new defintion for the acronym STD, take a look at what

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  • Primarily, it may be concerns of their are health concerns including temporary physical weight which in part connects to the size of their breasts, ailments (cold, flu, fever) or longterm STD's. the firmness of their hips, thighs and buttocks. more stats

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  • It could not be confirmed whether it was Shahbaz who had made this call STD calls could be made from the phone in Shahbaz's office only after unlocking the code.

    Countercurrents.org 2008

  • For example, I would argue that sex has a much higher health care cost impact than eating, not just in STD’s but in the cost of pregnancies and pediatrics.

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