S.T.I.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sti"

English

Noun

S.T.I. (plural S.T.I.s or S.T.I.'s)

1. (pathology) Initialism of sexually transmitted infection; also STI.

   Synonym: S.T.D.

   • 2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “We don’t do a great job about talking about sex from a pleasure-based perspective,” said Dr. Frances Grimstad, a gynecologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. “We talk about it from a prevention standpoint. We’re trying to prevent S.T.I.s,” or sexually transmitted infections.