GONORRHEA
\ɡˈɒnəɹˌi͡ə], \ɡˈɒnəɹˌiə], \ɡ_ˈɒ_n_ə_ɹ_ˌiə]\
Definitions of GONORRHEA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
By Princeton University
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a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Acute infectious disease characterized by primary invasion of the urogenital tract. The etiologic agent, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, was isolated by Neisser in 1879.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Contagious catarrhal inflammation of the genital mucous membrane.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: clap. A contagious inflammation of the mucous membrane of the urethra and surrounding structures caused by the gonococcus. The disease is generally transmitted by coitus, and is characterized by a mucopurulent discharge and by painful and difficult micturition. Complications in the male are chordee, prostatitis, epididymitis, salpingitis, orchitis, and cystitis. In the female, vaginitis, inflammation of the glands of Skene and of Bartholin, endocervicitis, cystitis, mastitis, and salpingitis. Arthritis and endocarditis may occur as complications in either sex. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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