'gonorrhea' definitions:
Definition of 'gonorrhea'
From: WordNet
noun
A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [syn: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, clap]
Definition of 'gonorrhea'
From: 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
Synonyms of 'gonorrhea'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquired syphilis,
- balanitis gangrenosa,
- cerebral tabes,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- clap,
- claps,
- climatic bubo,
- congenital syphilis,
- constitutional syphilis,
- dose,
- dose of clap,
- fifth venereal disease,
- French 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,
- Spanish pox,
- syph,
- syphilis,
- syphilitic meningoencephalitis,
- tabes,
- tabes dorsales,
- tertiary syphilis,
- tropical bubo,
- VD,
- venereal disease