NYSTCE Health Education Exam Prep

Category - Healthy Environment

Until the 1990s, what were STDs commonly known as?
  1. ICDs
  2. BVDs
  3. VDs
  4. IVDs
Explanation
Answer: C - Until the 1990s, sexually transmitted infections and diseases were known as venereal diseases. Venereal came from the word Veneris which is actually Latin for Venus which was the Roman goddess of love.
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