Gonorrhea Synonyms

gŏnə-rēə
A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gonorrhoea
  2. clap
  3. venereal-disease
  4. social disease
  5. sexual disease

Words Related to Gonorrhea

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Gonorrhea Sentence Examples

  • At this time he contracted gonorrhea, an affliction that he was to endure many times in the course of his life.

  • Diagnostic tests are usually not indicated unless initial treatment fails or an infection with gonorrhea or chlamydia is suspected.

  • It often accompanies gonorrhea and is known for its lack of evident symptoms in the majority of women.

  • In some instances, cultures may be taken during the medical examination and at time point afterward to test for gonorrhea or chlamydia.

  • For example, with just one unprotected sexual encounter with an infected partner, a woman is twice as likely as a man to acquire gonorrhea or chlamydia.

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