n.
Pronunciation: ˌ gä-n ə - ' r ē - ə
Function: 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 \ - ' r ē - ə l \ adjective