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
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 Foster, William Trufant
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
