( BrE ) ( NAmE go·nor·rhea ) / ˌgɒnəˈrɪə; NAmE ˌgɑːnəˈriːə/ noun
[ U ] a disease of the sexual organs, caught by having sex with an infected person
—see also venereal disease
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek gonorrhoia , from gonos semen + rhoia flux.