gonorrhea

gonorrhea
    n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria
         gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around
         the urethra [syn: {gonorrhea}, {gonorrhoea}, {clap}]
    

gonorrhea \gon`or*rhe"a\, gonorrhoea \gon`or*rh[oe]"a\, n. [L.
   gonorrhoea, Gr. ?; ? that which begets, semen, the genitals +
   ? to flow: cf. F. gonorrh['e]e.] (Med.)
   A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract,
   affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and
   characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination,
   and chordee; clap. It is caused by infection with the
   bacterium {Neiseria gonorrheae}, and is commonly transmitted
   by sexual intercourse.
   [1913 Webster +PJC] Gonorrheal
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "gonorrhea":
      French disease, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis,
      balanitis gangrenosa, cerebral tabes, chancre, chancroid, clap,
      claps, climatic bubo, congenital syphilis, constitutional syphilis,
      dose, dose of clap, fifth venereal disease, general paresis,
      granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, great pox, hard chancre,
      latent syphilis, locomotor ataxia, morbus Gallicus,
      paralytic dementia, paresis, pox, pudendal ulcer, simple chancre,
      social disease, soft chancre, syph, syphilis,
      syphilitic meningoencephalitis, tabes, tabes dorsales,
      tertiary syphilis, tropical bubo, venereal disease