gonorrhea

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  1. noun A sexually transmitted disease caused by gonococcal bacteria that affects the mucous membrane chiefly of the genital and urinary tracts and is characterized by an acute purulent discharge and painful or difficult urination, though women often have no symptoms.

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  • Sure they're dry, but they don't shrivel the mind like a gonorrhea-ridden penis, as does the Megan Fox article, or any of Zero's last 4 editorials. —  ShoutWire.com
  • Drug-resistant gonorrhea is another growing threat. —  The Real Truth
  • Black women ages 15 to 19 have the highest rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea, and gonorrhea rates for blacks overall were 19 times higher than for whites, the —  Yahoo! News: Top Stories
  • Untreated, chlamydia and gonorrhea -- both bacterial infections -- can cause and infertility in women. —  Yahoo! News: Top Stories
  • That child deserves so much better, and that girl deserves to get herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and crabs. —  Dlisted - Be Very Afraid
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  1. Greek gonorrhoia, flow of seed (from the mistaken belief that the discharge contained semen) : gono-, gono- + -rhoia, -rrhea.
 

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