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gon·or·rhea (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

gonorrhea Related Forms
gon′·or·rhe′al adjective or gon′·or·rhoe′al
gonorrhea Synonyms

gonorrhea

n.

venereal disease, social disease, sexual disease, clap*; see disease.

gonorrhea Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • contract: At this time he contracted gonorrhea, an affliction that he was to endure many times in the course of his life.

Modifies a noun

  • infection: One in every two syphilis diagnoses, a quarter of all chlamydia and a third of gonorrhea infections in England were in London.

Browse dictionary entries near gonorrhea

  1. ‹ gonopore
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  4. ‹ gonococcus
  5. ‹ gono-
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  7. ‹ -gonium
  8. ‹ gonion
  9. ‹ goniometry
  10. ‹ goniometer
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