Gonorrhoea

  • 1gonorrhoea — (US gonorrhea) ► NOUN ▪ a venereal disease involving inflammatory discharge from the urethra or vagina. ORIGIN Greek gonorrhoia, from gonos semen + rhoia flux …

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  • 2Gonorrhoea — Gonorrhea 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3gonorrhoea — n. a sexually transmitted disease, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, that affects the genital mucous membranes of either sex. Symptoms develop about a week after infection and include pain on passing urine and discharge of pus (known …

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  • 4gonorrhoea — [[t]gɒ̱nəri͟ːə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease. (in AM, use gonorrhea) …

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  • 5gonorrhoea — n. a sexually transmitted disease, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, that affects the genital mucous membranes of either sex. Symptoms develop about a week after infection and include pain on passing urine and discharge of pus (known …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 6gonorrhoea — see GENERAL …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 7gonorrhoea — gon·or·rhoe·a || ‚gÉ‘nÉ™ rɪːə /‚gÉ’n n. sexually transmitted disease …

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  • 8gonorrhoea — [ˌgɒnə rɪə] (US gonorrhea) noun a venereal disease involving inflammatory discharge from the urethra or vagina. Derivatives gonorrhoeal adjective Origin C16: via late L. from Gk gonorrhoia, from gonos semen + rhoia flux …

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  • 9gonorrhoea — n. (Med.) Clap, blennorrhoea, blennorrhagia, venereal disease …

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  • 10gonorrhoea — gon·or·rhoea …

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