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

Derived Forms

gonorrhoeal

adjective

Etymology

Origin of gonorrhoea

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

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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

Figures show that gay and bisexual men are disproportionately affected by STIs, accounting for 75% of syphilis and 70% gonorrhoea cases in London last year.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Of the top 80 gonorrhoea treatments designed in theory, only two were synthesised to create medicines.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 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

When a child is born to a woman that has gonorrhoea its eyes are infected at delivery, and if it is not very skilfully treated it will surely lose its sight.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

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