TRICHOMONIASIS

noun (plural trichomoniases) Etymology: New Latin, from Trichomonas + -iasis Date: 1915 infection with or disease caused by trichomonads: as, a human sexually transmitted disease occurring especially as vaginitis with a persistent discharge and caused by a trichomonad ( Trichomonas vaginalis ) that may also invade the male urethra and bladder, a venereal disease of domestic cattle marked by abortion and sterility, one or more diseases of various birds resembling blackhead