gonorrhoea

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