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gonorrhea

gonorrhea

26 7.4
An infection spread by sex that causes pain and fluid to come from the genitals
  • noun
  • /ˌɡɒnəˈrɪə/
  • Specialized
: gonorrea
  • Another controversy occurred regarding a 1999 ad promoting a drug for treating uncomplicated gonorrhea.
  • gonorrhea and chlamydia
  • gonorrhea and syphilis
  • gonorrhea rates

And until recently, gonorrhea was quite easily cured by a single pill.

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Examples

  • In women, symptoms are also similar to gonorrhea, with discharge and bleeding being the most common.

    Blog text (9)
  • I said I was feeling a lot better, especially since I'd found out I didn't have gonorrhea, and he laughed.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Tell us what gonorrhea is.

  • Most of them have gonorrhea.

  • You have gonorrhea in your throat.

  • Even the medical officer had treated himself for gonorrhea; we learned this from the orderlies.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And until recently, gonorrhea was quite easily cured by a single pill.

  • The Minnesota Department of Health has reported that gonorrhea and other STDs are on the rise in Minneapolis.

    Blog text (24)
  • STD diagnoses included but were not limited to syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, and HPV.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It is important to get tested for gonorrhea to prevent complications and transmission to others.

Synonyms

STD
vsgonorrhea
  • NSFW
56 3.7

An infection you get through sexual contact

is a specific bacterial infection causing genital inflammation and discharge
venereal disease
vsgonorrhea
  • NSFW
10 3.7

A disease spread by sexual contact

is the same specific bacterial infection rather than general sexual infections
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vsgonorrhea
  • NSFW
3 9.7

An old informal word for the infection gonorrhea that spreads during sex

is the clinical medical name used in formal contexts

How Specific

gonorrhea
  • Specialized
26 7.4
sexually transmitted disease
  • Specialized
29 2.7
infection
  • Specialized
553 3.1

Surface Forms

gonorrhea singular
gonorrheas plural
gonorrhoeas plural
gonorrhoea singular

Etymology

Gonorrhea comes from Greek parts gonos ('seed') and rhoia ('flow'), because people long ago thought the genital discharge was seed. That's why the name means a 'flow of seed' and helps you remember that gonorrhea often causes a discharge.