Define gonorrhoea. Gonorrhoea synonyms, gonorrhoea pronunciation, gonorrhoea translation, English dictionary definition of gonorrhoea. Chiefly British Variant of gonorrhea. Gon′orrhoe′al, gon′orrhoe′ic adj. Or n an infectious venereal disease caused by a gonococcus, characterized by a.
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(gŏn′ə-rē′ə)n.Chiefly British
gon′or·rhoe′al, gon′or·rhoe′ic adj.
gonorrhoea
(ˌɡɒnəˈrɪə) orgonorrhea
n (Pathology) an infectious venereal disease caused by a gonococcus, characterized by a burning sensation when urinating and a mucopurulent discharge from the urethra or vagina
[C16: from Late Latin, from Greek, from gonos seed + rhoia flux, flow]
ˌgonorˈrhoeal, ˌgonorˈrhoeicˌgonorˈrheal, ˌgonorˈrheicadj
Noun | 1. | gonorrhoea - a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra gonorrhea, clap sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse, Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, dose - a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact |
gonorrhoea
[ˌgɒnəˈrɪə]gonorrhea(US)n → blennorragief
gonorrhoea
, (US) gonorrheagonorrhoea
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