GONORRHEA


Meaning of GONORRHEA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌgä-nə-ˈrē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, morbid loss of semen, from Greek gonorrhoia, from gon- + -rrhoia -rrhea

Date: circa 1526

: a contagious inflammation of the genital mucous membrane caused by the gonococcus — called also clap

• gon·or·rhe·al -ˈrē-əl adjective

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