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leucorrhoea

British  
/ ˌluːkəˈriːə /

noun

  1. pathol a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection

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I have leucorrhoea and menstruation is very irregular and very free with a good deal of pain.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham

Pruritis vulvae is due to parasites, or to irritating discharges, as leucorrhoea, and is frequent in diabetic subjects.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Although women suffer no seminal loss, they suffer the debilitating effects of leucorrhoea, which is in some degree injurious in the same manner as seminal losses in the male.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg

I suffered for years with painful menstruation, pains in the back, leucorrhoea, dizziness and nervous prostration.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham

I also had leucorrhoea all the time which caused me to feel very weak.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham

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