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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Other Word Forms

• leucorrhoeal adjective

Example Sentences

This, I think, promises to be the most efficient preparation, and will prove valuable as an injection in the treatment of leucorrhoea, hemorrhages, and similar disorders.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

The symptoms comprise local discomfort and sometimes dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea or menorrhagia.

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

The diseases known as menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, amenorrhoea, abortions, prolapsus, chronic inflammations and ulcerations of the womb, with a yet greater variety of sympathetic nervous disorders, are some of the distressing forms of these derangements.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

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 Pinkham, Lydia Estes

A lacerated cervix does not usually give rise to symptoms; these depend on the accompanying endometritis, and include leucorrhoea, aching and a feeling of weight.

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