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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

The rules for permitting a man or a woman who once had syphilis to marry, therefore, are different from those applied to the gonorrheal patient.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.

The changes caused by gonorrheal inflammation in the maternal organs are the most common cause of sterility in women.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm