GONORRHOEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gonorrhoea mean? 

• GONORRHOEA (noun)
  The noun GONORRHOEA has 1 sense:

1. a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

  Familiarity information: GONORRHOEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONORRHOEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

clap; gonorrhea; gonorrhoea

Hypernyms ("gonorrhoea" is a kind of...):

Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; STD; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)

 Context examples 

Bacterial arthritis is frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

(Infective Arthritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Examination of a biological specimen to detect the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

(Neisseria gonorrhoeae Screening, NCI Thesaurus)

A test that detects beta lactamase produced by Staphylococcus species, Haemophilus species, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

(Beta Lactamase Screening Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

(Neisseria gonorrhoeae, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Causative agents include Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, human papillomavirus, and herpes simplex virus.

(Infectious Cervicitis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is most often caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections.

(Acute Salpingitis, NCI Thesaurus)