gonorrhoea
noun/ˌɡɒnəˈrɪə/
/ˌɡɑːnəˈriːə/
(British English) (North American English gonorrhea)
[uncountable]- a disease of the sexual organs, caught by having sex with a person who already has the disease see also venereal diseaseWord Originearly 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek gonorrhoia, from gonos ‘semen’ + rhoia ‘flux’.
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