sexually transmitted infection
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌsek.sjʊə.li trænzˌmɪt.ɪd ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ˌsek.sjʊə.li trænzˌmɪt̬.ɪd ɪnˈfek.ʃən/(abbreviationSTI)aninfection(= aconditionin whichbacteriaorvirusesthatcausediseasehaveenteredthebody)that can bepassedfrom onepersonto another bysexualactivity:
Thepilldoes notprotectagainstsexuallytransmittedinfections.
Unlike mostsexuallytransmittedinfections, HPVtypicallyrunsitscoursewithoutcausingillness.
Sexuallytransmittedinfection(STI)screeningshave been apartof thereproductivehealthlandscapeforyears.
Compare
sexually transmitted disease
- Freeeducationalliteratureaboutsexuallytransmittedinfectionsandpreventionmethodsisavailable.
- HIVis asexuallytransmittedinfectionthat canbecomeAIDSinitslaterstages.
- Sexuallytransmittedinfectionsare on theincreasein the UK.
Diseases of the reproductive system
- anti-herpes
- candida
- chlamydia
- clitoridis
- cryptorchidism
- cystocele
- fibroid
- French disease
- herpes
- impotent
- Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
- Mullerian agenesis
- sexually transmitted disease
- syphilis
- the pox
- thrush
- undescended
- vaginal agenesis
- venereological
- venereologist