Definitions for gonorrhea
gon·or·rhea

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clapnoun

   a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gonorrheanoun

   An STD caused by a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

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1. Gonorrhea

   Gonorrhea, colloquially known as the clap, is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infection may involve the genitals, mouth, or rectum. Infected men may experience pain or burning with urination, discharge from the penis, or testicular pain. Infected women may experience burning with urination, vaginal discharge, vaginal bleeding between periods, or pelvic pain. Complications in women include pelvic inflammatory disease and in men include inflammation of the epididymis. Many of those infected, however, have no symptoms. If untreated, gonorrhea can spread to joints or heart valves.Gonorrhea is spread through sexual contact with an infected person. This includes oral, anal, and vaginal sex. It can also spread from a mother to a child during birth. Diagnosis is by testing the urine, urethra in males, or cervix in females. Testing all women who are sexually active and less than 25 years of age each year as well as those with new sexual partners is recommended; the same recommendation applies in men who have sex with men (MSM).Gonorrhea can be prevented with the use of condoms, having sex with only one person who is uninfected, and by not having sex. Treatment is usually with ceftriaxone by injection and azithromycin by mouth. Resistance has developed to many previously used antibiotics and higher doses of ceftriaxone are occasionally required. Retesting is recommended three months after treatment. Sexual partners from the last two months should also be treated.Gonorrhea affects about 0.8% of women and 0.6% of men. An estimated 33 to 106 million new cases occur each year, out of the 498 million new cases of curable STI – which also includes syphilis, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. Infections in women most commonly occur when they are young adults. In 2015, it caused about 700 deaths. Descriptions of the disease date back to before the Common Era within the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (Leviticus 15:2-3). The current name was first used by the Greek physician Galen before AD 200 who referred to it as "an unwanted discharge of semen".

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1. gonorrhea

   Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It is typically transmitted through sexual contact and can infect various areas of the reproductive tract in both men and women, including the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes in women and the urethra in both genders. It can also affect the throat, eyes, and rectum. Symptoms may include discharge, burning sensation during urination, and in women, pelvic pain. However, many infected individuals may experience no symptoms at all. Left untreated, gonorrhea can lead to serious health problems, such as pelvic inflammatory disease in women and epididymitis in men. It can also increase the risk of getting or transmitting HIV.

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1. Gonorrheanoun

   alt. of Gonorrhoea

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1. Gonorrhea

   Gonorrhea is a common human sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The usual symptoms in men are burning with urination and penile discharge. Women, on the other hand, are asymptomatic half the time or have vaginal discharge and pelvic pain. In both men and women if gonorrhea is left untreated, it may spread locally causing epididymitis or pelvic inflammatory disease or throughout the body, affecting joints and heart valves. Treatment is commonly with ceftriaxone as antibiotic resistance has developed to many previously used medications. This is typically given in combination with either azithromycin or doxycycline, as gonorrhea infections may occur along with chlamydia, an infection which ceftriaxone does not cover. Some strains of gonorrhea have begun showing resistance to this treatment, which will make infection more difficult to treat.

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1. Gonorrhea

   gon-or-rē′a, n. a specific contagious inflammatory discharge of mucus from the membrane of the urethra or vagina. [Gr. gonorrhoia—gonos, seed, rheein, to flow.]

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1. Gonorrhea

   Acute infectious disease characterized by primary invasion of the urogenital tract. The etiologic agent, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, was isolated by Neisser in 1879.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gonorrhea in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gonorrhea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of gonorrhea in a Sentence

1. Jeffrey Klausner:

   My concern is that it is $149 for a chlamydia and gonorrhea test, which is about 10 times what the cost is at most community-based clinics and 20 times what the actual cost is at federal clinics. It’s a good idea, but it won’t reach poor or underserved people or teenagers.

2. Jeffrey Klausner:

   It’s a reminder that gonorrhea is becoming increasingly resistant, increasingly hard to treat. We don’t have any new antibiotics. We haven’t had new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea for years and we really need a different treatment strategy.

3. Jeffrey Klausner:

   While there are advocates and champions for cancer, nobody is out there saying, ‘I have gonorrhea and these are the best ways to treat it,’ there’s no one out there being a champion for these conditions.

4. Helen Petousis-Harris:

   Our findings could inform future vaccine development for both the meningococcal and gonorrhea vaccines.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gonorrhea
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gonorrhea
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gonorrhea
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gonorrhea
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gonorrhea