gon|or|rhoe|a

gon|or|rhoe|a
gon|or|rhe|a or gon|or|rhoe|a «GON uh REE uh», noun.
a sexually transmitted disease that causes inflammation of the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary organs, and also of certain other organs and tissues, especially the eyes. It is caused by a bacterium, the gonococcus.
[< Late Latin gonorrhoea < Greek gonórrhoia < gónos seed + rhoiā flow < rheîn to flow (from the earlier idea that the discharge contained semen)]

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