gonorrhea
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7.4
- 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.
- And until recently, gonorrhea was quite easily cured by a single pill.
- Correction, you don't give penicillin for gonorrhea, but they do usually give one dose of ceftriaxone and that one was sent to us by anonymous.
- He had chlamydia and gonorrhea, yes.
- When did I order the greatest hits of gonorrhea?
- In one poll, it polled lower than gonorrhea.
- Did you got there's like a incurable gonorrhea out there that like gonorrhea was a thing and like but they gave you pills for it.
Examples
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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.
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Most of them have gonorrhea.
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You have gonorrhea in your throat.
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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.
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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
49
3.7
An infection you get through sexual contact
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9.7
An old informal word for the infection gonorrhea that spreads during sex
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3.7
A disease spread by sexual contact
How Specific
- Specialized
30
7.4
- Specialized
29
2.7
- Specialized
594
3.1
Surface Forms
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.