Definition of Gonorrhoea

1. Noun. A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra.


Definition of Gonorrhoea

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of gonorrhea) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of gonorrhea) ¹

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Medical Definition of Gonorrhoea

1. A gram-negative bacteria which is a principal cause for sexually transmitted disease in males and females. The infection is due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae which is transmitted sexually in most cases, but also by contact with infected exudates in neonatal children at birth or by infants in households with infected inhabitants. It is marked in males by urethritis with pain and purulent discharge, but is commonly asymptomatic in females, although it may extend to produce suppurative salpingitis, oophoritis, tubo ovarian abscess and peritonitis. Bacteraemia occurs in both sexes, resulting in cutaneous lesions, arthritis and rarely meningitis or endocarditis. Formerly called blennorrhagia and blennorrhoea. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonorrhoea

gonophage
gonophores
gonophs
gonopod
gonopodia
gonopodium
gonopods
gonopoietic
gonopores
gonorrheal
gonorrheas
gonorrheic
gonorrhoeal
gonorrhoeal arthritis
gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis
gonorrhoeal ophthalmia
gonorrhoeal rheumatism
gonorrhoeal salpingitis
gonorrhoeal urethritis
gonorrhoeic
gonorrhϾ
gonosome
gonosomes
gonotheca
gonotoxaemia
gonotoxin

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