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gonorrhea definition

gon·or·rhea or gonorrhoea gon′·or·rhoe′a (gän′ə rē′ə)

noun

an infectious venereal disease caused by gonococci, characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the genitourinary tract and a discharge of mucous and pus: it can seriously affect other mucous membranes, esp. those of the eye, as in a baby during childbirth

Etymology: LL gonorrhoea < Gr gonorrhoia < gonos, a seed, semen (see gonad) + rhoia < rheein, to flow: see stream

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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