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| gon·or·rhe·a [ gònnə r ə ] or gon·or·rhoe·a [ gònnə r ə ] |
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genital disease: a sexually transmitted bacterial disease that causes inflammation of the genital mucous membrane, burning pain when urinating, and a discharge. It is caused by a gonococcus bacterium.
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| [16th century. Via modern Latin< Greek gonorrhoia "flowing of semen" < gonos "semen"] |
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 gon·or·rhe·al adjective |
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