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Grounds. 1. venereal disease etymology Originated 1400�50 from late Middle English venereal, from Latin venereus, from Venus. pronunciation - (America) (IPA): /vəˈnɪɹiəl/ - (RP) (IPA): /vəˈnɪəɹɪəl/ adjective (not comparable) - s*xually transmitted. - of or relating to s*xual intercourse, lust, or the genitals. - Milton Into the snare I fell / Of fair, fallacious looks, venereal trains, / Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life. - Exciting s*xual desire; aphrodisiac. - Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases. a venereal medicine - (obsolete) of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists). translations (s*xually transmitted) - French: v�n�rien - German: venerisch - Italian: venereo - Russian: венери́ческий - Spanish: ven�reo This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license

Ground 2. leprosy etymology From Latin leprōsia. pronunciation - (IPA): /ˈlɛprəsi/ noun (plural leprosies) - An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae. The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy. - In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses. synonyms - (infectious disease) Hansen's disease, mesel translations (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae) - French: l�pre - German: Lepra, Aussatz - Italian: lebbra - Portuguese: lepra - Russian: прока́за - Spanish: lepra translations (disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses) - French: l�pre - German: Aussatz This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license

Ground 3. unsoundness of mind. Not just medically insane, but legally of unsound mind. noun - The state of being unsound. - 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids Most likely he was accounting for that by the bias my job might be expected to give � aggravated by a phobia resulting from my recent sting � and he was wondering whether it might connote other, perhaps less harmless, unsoundnesses. antonyms - soundness This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license