gonorrhea

[ gon-uh-ree-uh ]

as insexually transmitted disease
as invenereal disease

Synonyms for gonorrhea

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venereal disease

noun. disease communicable through sex

Word Origin & History

also gonorrhoea, 1520s, from Late Latin gonorrhoia, from gonos "seed" (see gonad) + rhoe "flow," from rhein "to flow" (see rheum). Mucus discharge was mistaken for semen. In early records often Gomoria, etc., from folk etymology association with biblical Gomorrah.

Example Sentences forgonorrhea

Certain complications are likely to arise in the course of gonorrhea.

Gonorrhea has even more dangerous consequences in women than in men.

A cured case of gonorrhea does not mean immunity from further attacks.

In the same manner do those sacrifice who have had the gonorrhea.

Gonorrhea, especially in women, is likely to be very chronic.

Gonorrhea is caused by the gonococcus discovered by Neisser in 1879.

In themselves, these threads are by no means diagnostic of gonorrhea.

Yeah—the only kind of guns these Mex wars are fought with is Gonorrhea Guns.

Gonorrhea in women is frequently a serious and even fatal disease.

Of 266 examined for gonorrhea, 92.1 per cent showed its presence.

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More words related to gonorrhea

sexually transmitted disease

venereal disease