GONORRHOEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

clap; gonorrhea; gonorrhoea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

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