gonorrhoea

British

/ ˌɡɒnəˈrɪə /

noun

an infectious venereal disease caused by a gonococcus, characterized by a burning sensation when urinating and a mucopurulent discharge from the urethra or vagina

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Other Word Forms

gonorrhoeal

adjective

Etymology

Origin of gonorrhoea

C16: from Late Latin, from Greek, from gonos seed + rhoia flux, flow

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Cases of gonorrhoea remain at record highs compared to 10-years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Researchers in the US and Canada have already started using AI to shortlist drugs or even design antibiotics from scratch to target drug-resistant bacteria like gonorrhoea.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

The vaccine, which began being rolled out last month, was originally developed to protect against meningitis B, but recent studies suggested it reduced the risk of gonorrhoea by around 40%.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

Artificial intelligence has invented two new potential antibiotics that could kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA, researchers have revealed.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

The specificity has been satisfactorily settled for glanders, malaria, tuberculosis, actinomycosis, gonorrhoea, and malignant oedema.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

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