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1. (n.) gonorrhea
a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
Etymology: (1540–50; < LL < Gk gonórrhoia. See gono -, -rrhea)
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1. (noun) gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap
a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
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1. (noun) gonorrhea
alt. of Gonorrhoea
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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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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