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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek gonorrhoia, from gonos 'seed' + -rrhoia, from rhein 'to flow'

gonorrhea

 noun
     
gon‧or‧rhe‧a , gonorrhoea [uncountable]
MI a disease of the sex organs that is passed on during sex
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