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From New Latin, from Late Latin gonorrhoea, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia), from γόνος (gónos, sperm, seed, offspring) + ῥοία (rhoía, flow) (ca. 1526). By surface analysis, gono- +‎ -rrhea.

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gonorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural gonorrheas)

 
A skin lesion caused by gonorrhea.
  1. (American spelling) A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

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