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Gonorrhea
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What's The Definition Of Gonorrhea?
[n] a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gonorrhea: clap | gonorrhoea Related Terms | Find terms related to Gonorrhea: acquired syphilis | balanitis gangrenosa | cerebral tabes | chancre | chancroid | clap | claps | climatic bubo | congenital syphilis | constitutional syphilis | dose | dose of clap | fifth venereal disease | French disease | general paresis | granuloma inguinale | granuloma venereum | great pox | hard chancre | latent syphilis | locomotor ataxia | morbus Gallicus | paralytic dementia | paresis | pox | pudendal ulcer | simple chancre | social disease | soft chancre | Spanish pox | syph | syphilis | syphilitic meningoencephalitis | tabes | tabes dorsales | tertiary syphilis | tropical bubo | VD | venereal disease See Also | Cupid's disease | Cupid's itch | sexually transmitted disease | social disease | VD | venereal disease | Venus's curse Gonorrhea In Webster's Dictionary \Gon`or*rhe"a\, Gonorrhoea \Gon`or*rh[oe]"a\, n. [L.
gonorrhoea, Gr. ?; ? that which begets, semen, the genitals +
? to flow: cf. F. gonorrh['e]e.] (Med.)
A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract,
affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and
characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination,
and chordee; clap.
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