Gonorrhea
WordNet
noun
(1) A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
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Etymology
From < gonorrhoia < (gonorroia) < (gonos) "sperm. seed, offspring" and (rheō) "I flow" (ca. 1526)
Noun
- An STD caused by a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.