venereal (redirected from canine transmissible venereal tumor (TVT))

venereal /ve·ne·re·al/ (ve-ner´e-al) due to or propagated by sexual intercourse.

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ve·ne·re·al (v-nîr-l)

adj.

1. Transmitted by sexual intercourse.

2. Of or relating to a sexually transmitted disease.

3. Of or relating to sexual intercourse.

4. Of or relating to the genitals.

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venereal

due to or propagated by sexual intercourse. In human medicine now called sexually transmitted disease (STD).

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venereal balanoposthitis and vulvitis

of sheep, see ulcerative dermatosis.

canine transmissible venereal tumor (TVT)

occurs mainly on the genitalia, but sometimes other cutaneous sites, of dogs and bitches. The tumor, which is most common in certain geographic areas, especially where dogs roam freely, is transmitted by coitus and may regress spontaneously. The tumor cells contain only 59 chromosomes, compared with the normal complement of 78 in dogs. Called by a variety of names including Sticker's tumor or sarcoma, contagious venereal tumor, venereal granuloma, transmissible lymphosarcoma, transmissible reticulum cell tumor, and infectious sarcoma.

Canine transmissible venereal tumor on the penis. By permission from Kummel BA, Color Atlas of Small Animal Dermatology, Mosby, 1989

venereal disease

a contagious disease usually acquired by sexual intercourse or other genital contact. See also ulcerative dermatosis.

venereal epididymitis and vaginitis

of cattle, see epivag.

venereal spirochetosis

see spirochetosis (2).

venereal vulvitis/balanitis

of horses, see equine coital exanthema.