Gonorrhea

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  gonorrhea \gon`or*rhe"a\, gonorrhoea \gon`or*rh[oe]"a\, n. [L.
     gonorrhoea, Gr. ?; ? that which begets, semen, the genitals +
     ? to flow: cf. F. gonorrh['e]e.] (Med.)
     A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract,
     affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and
     characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination,


     and chordee; clap. It is caused by infection with the
     bacterium {Neiseria gonorrheae}, and is commonly transmitted
     by sexual intercourse.
     [1913 Webster +PJC] Gonorrheal

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gonorrhea
       n : a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria
           gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain
           around the urethra [syn: {gonorrhoea}, {clap}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "gonorrhea":
     French disease, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis,
     balanitis gangrenosa, cerebral tabes, chancre, chancroid, clap,
     claps, climatic bubo, congenital syphilis, constitutional syphilis,
     dose, dose of clap, fifth venereal disease, general paresis,
     granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, great pox, hard chancre,
     latent syphilis, locomotor ataxia, morbus Gallicus,
     paralytic dementia, paresis, pox, pudendal ulcer, simple chancre,
     social disease, soft chancre, syph, syphilis,
     syphilitic meningoencephalitis, tabes, tabes dorsales,
     tertiary syphilis, tropical bubo, venereal disease