gonorrhoea

(130-200 AD) originated the word gonorrhoea (Greek gonos, semen, and rhoia, to flow).

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

In my day, this nascent area of the curriculum involved such delights as a trip to a VD clinic, where we were merrily provided with shiny leaflets entitled "gonorrhoea" and "herpes", diseases that I think all of us then found a good deal more shocking than the idea of "adult" films.

Actually, I think Johnny Anglais really is a class act | Rachel Cooke 2011

Sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydia were commonplace among sexually active adolescents.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

It is usually caused by a sexually transmitted disease such as gonorrhoea or chlamydia.

Chapter 21 1995

If an STD such as gonorrhoea or chlamydia is not treated, it can lead to PID.

Chapter 20 1995

Any change in this normal discharge, particularly if it is accompanied by an unpleasant smell, itching, soreness and sometimes fever, is probably caused by a sexually transmitted infection such as gonorrhoea, chlamydia or trichomonas.

Chapter 6 1993

And in the native hospitals it claimed many a victim among people admitted for a relatively minor ailment, such as gonorrhoea or a fractured bone.

Christiaan Eijkman - Nobel Lecture 1965

The word "gonorrhoea" has an oe ligature in the original.

Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards 1897

"Too many people are unwittingly infecting their partners and the only way to ensure that you do not have an STI such as gonorrhoea is to have a sexual health check at your doctor."

AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

The visits include examinations of diseases such as gonorrhoea under the microscope, demonstrations about how to use a condom and question and answer sessions about the risks of different sexual activities.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010