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gonorrhea Definition

gon·or·rhea (gän′ə rēə)

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·rheal adjective or gon′·or·rhoeal
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.

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