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gonorrheal
Variant of gonorrhea
or gonorrhoea
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
Related Forms:
- gonorrheal adjective or gonorrhoeal
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