gonorrhea
noun
a contagious, purulent inflammation of the urethra or the vagina, caused by the gonococcus.
gonorrheal
-
a word derived from
gonorrhea.
Example Sentences
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When the plasmid in question contains drug-resistant genes, the gonorrheal bacteria acquiring it become resistant to antibiotics, too.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2017
Reported cases of gonorrhea totaled 1,273 in 2010, a 23 percent increase and counter to a national trend of reduced gonorrheal infections, the state said.
From Reuters ● May 5, 2011
This new Simpson-Kettering system has cured syphilis, gonorrhea, gonorrheal arthritis.
From Time Magazine Archive
That children should be kept away from associating or playing with adults or other children who are known to have gonorrheal infection goes without saying.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
Although silver nitrate is a remedy for gonorrheal infection, if applied to the eyes immediately after birth, nevertheless the babe frequently suffers with infected eyes, and not infrequently with blindness.
From The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals by William Trufant Foster
